Philosophy Quotes

"Every man is responsible for the way he sees things."

"A cult is a religion with no political power."

"Status seeking and social climbing are fundamental to human nature."

"Ambition is the desire to improve, but vanity is the desire to be seen improving."

"No one in the history of humanity has ever willingly given up status once obtained."

"The modern city is one of the great creations of human civilization, and it is also a complete failure."

"What makes us human is not our thoughts but our ability to deceive ourselves about our thoughts."

"The modern conscience is primarily concerned with what people think of us."

"The human need for status is stronger than the human need for food."

"The only certainty in life is that certainty is impossible."

"The modern world runs on the fuel of human vanity."

"The human heart is capable of more contradiction than any philosophy."

"Conflict reveals character. Watch how people act when tested."

"Philosophy seeks truth."

"Philosophy without action is empty."

"Philosophy questions everything."

"The world needs both idealism and pragmatism."

"Culture shapes economics as much as economics shapes culture."

"Nationalism and internationalism must be balanced."

"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."

"Perhaps the greatest achievement of Western civilization has been the decoupling of morality from superstition."

"A cynical person is simply a disappointed idealist."

"The most dangerous ideologies are those that claim to have history on their side."

"The person who says she is 'spiritual but not religious' has usually thought very little about either."

"One cannot simultaneously believe in free will and predestination without embracing incoherence."

"If you want to see what an ideology really is, remove its defenders."

"One cannot simultaneously believe that God is good and that He permits innocent suffering without contradiction."

"If reason and faith were compatible, there would be no need to choose between them."

"The beautiful irony of absolutism is that it must always justify itself with relative arguments."

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."