Philosophy Quotes

"Nations and men are bound by the same moral laws."

"Reason is the compass by which all human affairs must navigate."

"The law of nations is simply the law of reason applied to the relations of states."

"To live justly is to live in accordance with the law of nature."

"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"The diversity of customs among peoples teaches us that there is no single path to virtue."

"The accumulation of knowledge without the cultivation of virtue creates monsters, not philosophers."

"The advancement of civilization depends on the willing sacrifice of individual desires for the common good."

"In the study of human nature, we discover that reason is often the servant of passion and will."

"All things in the universe follow a predetermined order, yet we must act as if free."

"In every event, there exists a sufficient reason why it happens rather than not."

"The body and soul are not separate but unified expressions of one reality."

"The ability to see necessity in contingency is the mark of philosophical maturity."

"What we call luck is merely our failure to see the sufficient reason for events."

"The capacity for moral reasoning is the highest faculty we possess as human beings."

"Custom and tradition, however ancient, must yield to reason and evidence."

"Philosophy begins in wonder and ends in wisdom."

"Every object, every being, every truth finds its meaning only in relation to the whole."

"Words are the clothing of thoughts."

"The mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered."

"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything."

"In understanding nature, we understand ourselves."

"The organization of nature reflects divine wisdom."

"In understanding nature's order, we find our own place."

"Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man."

"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom through reason."

"The soul is nourished by truth and goodness."

"The philosopher seeks truth above all else."

"Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing."