Philosophy Quotes

"The measure of a person is not their wealth, but their wisdom."

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."

"The question "How did you do it?" is always less important than "Why did you do it?""

"There is something happening to society that troubles me deeply."

"A business which makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business."

"A business that makes nothing but money is beneath the dignity of being called a business."

"Memory shapes how we hear the present moment."

"The universe is a composition of infinite complexity and intention."

"Philosophy teaches us how to live better lives."

"Sound creates reality; reality does not merely produce sound."

"Philosophy without experience is merely abstract noise."

"The sooner you see yourself in relation to the world, the sooner you can see your world in relation to yourself."

"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for any other great human institution, is also great."

"A man should strive not to be the richest in the graveyard, but the most honored in the hearts of his fellows."

"Competition is a sin."

"Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."

"The richest man is one whose desires are fewest."

"In matters of conscience, stand firm; in matters of style, be flexible."

"Tradition and innovation are not enemies but partners."

"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all."

"In Zen they say: if you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are."

"It is characteristic of the self-conscious form that it passes over into such a second moment as this."

"We are not alive in the way scientists say we are alive."

"We live in a four-dimensional space, not three-dimensional."

"The purpose of philosophy and religion is precisely to curb the intelligence."

"The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is."

"The same activity can be a serious activity for one person and a recreational activity for another."

"The East has a set of ideas, the West another. Both are limited."

"Sound is the bridge between the material and spiritual worlds"

"The philosopher and the composer are distant cousins seeking the same truth"