Philosophy Quotes

"The trouble with the world is that it's always one step behind the times."

"I've never understood why people fear death when life gives you so much to fear."

"I've always believed that people are fundamentally good - they just make bad choices."

"It is a curious fact that in bad times the voice of the intelligentsia is loudest in demanding present comfort and less concerned about the future."

"To say that a man is vain means little unless we know of what he is vain."

"To the young, the old are like ruins from a previous age."

"Violence is a form of communication in our culture."

"The mind is a labyrinth we never fully navigate."

"The pursuit of meaning is what makes life worth living."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"The mind can rationalize anything the heart is set on."

"We are the middle children of history, no purpose or place."

"Consumer goods have replaced spirituality for most people."

"We're all trying to find meaning in a meaningless world."

"What is the need of a gun without a bullet?"

"The self is not given to us, only the materials of the self are given."

"The outside world is only real when it reflects something within us."

"Every person carries a universe within them."

"Everything has its own purpose."

"We are all connected to each other."

"You can't help them. They have to help themselves."

"I'm interested in how people rationalize the irrational."

"Conspiracy theories are narratives we tell when we feel powerless."

"Every utopia contains the seeds of dystopia."

"The more a man examines his beliefs, the more he comes to resemble a heretic."

"If other ages felt less, they saw more."

"Evil is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be endured."

"Everything that rises must converge."

"The eye of man is a device for creating illusions that accord with his desires."

"The human animal behaves very oddly about some things."