Philosophy Quotes

"The way that can be walked is not the eternal Way."

"The nature of the Tao is that it recedes when pursued."

"The Tao never acts, yet nothing remains undone."

"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"To be human means we are all capable of both good and evil."

"The concept of 'normal' does not exist in human psychology; we are all unique deviations from an average."

"Life asks us not 'What is the meaning of life?' but 'What is our answer to life?'"

"The mind is ever ready to depart from the body, being an angel in its nature."

"Man's dignity consists in thought."

"Man is neither angel nor beast, but when he tries to be like an angel, he becomes a beast."

"The flesh desires to make the spirit into a statue."

"The true science and study of man is man."

"It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love."

"To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize."

"Every man is guided by reason as much as he is guided by passion."

"In a world without walls, what need is there for windows?"

"We are what we are—temporary people temporarily interested in temporary things."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."

"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your questions."

"The mind is everything; what you think you become."

"The mind will go to great lengths to protect its sense of internal coherence."

"The less justification someone has for their actions, the more they must change their attitudes."

"We are not objective observers of reality; we are participants in its construction."

"The search for consistency is the search for meaning."

"We construct our reality through the dissonance we choose to acknowledge and ignore."

"The person most convinced of their rightness is often the least open to evidence."

"We do not see the world as it is; we see the world as we need it to be."

"The denial of contradiction is the denial of our own humanity."