Philosophy Quotes

"We are all stories in the end"

"We must be willing to challenge our own beliefs"

"The kind of evil I am writing about is very much a modern experience."

"The prophet is not a popular character, and on occasion he can be rude."

"We are all grotesque, each in our own way."

"Everything that rises must converge."

"We live in a time of rotten manners."

"The world is everything that is the case, and in it we find only what we bring to it."

"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."

"The problem with people is that they're always trying to solve their problems with thought, when really their problems come from thought."

"To be human is to be lost. You wander through life hoping someone will give you a map, but the map doesn't exist."

"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."

"There is something curious about the contradictions in people."

"Southerners have a secret hankering for death."

"One place understood deeply is a handle on the universe."

"Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived."

"Place is the crossroads of circumstance and character."

"To be alive is to participate in the endless mystery of existence."

"We are all victims of our own consciousness."

"The paradox of human existence is that we are simultaneously insignificant and infinite."

"Every person contains the capacity for both victim and perpetrator."

"Philosophy is the courage to ask questions without guaranteed answers."

"Evil is often banal, committed by ordinary people in ordinary circumstances."

"The human capacity for both love and cruelty is what makes us most interesting."

"The past haunts us not because it's gone, but because it shapes who we are."

"The so-called 'postmodern' age is still an age."

"The so-called 'meaning of life' is actually quite banal."

"The so-called 'self' is really just a grammatical convenience."

"The so-called 'problem' of evil is really a problem of perspective."

"The so-called 'problem' of suffering is really a problem of attachment."