Philosophy Quotes

"To be human is to be caught between desire and duty."

"We must learn to live with ambiguity and contradiction."

"What makes us human is our capacity for self-deception."

"The greatest tragedy is not suffering, but meaninglessness."

"We are imprisoned by our own perspectives."

"To be human is to desire what we cannot have."

"The totalitarian mind always adores rites."

"The existential moment is the moment you realize you must create your own meaning."

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

"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder why, why, why; Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand."

"A person is smart. But groups of people tend to be dumb and panicky."

"A Martian observer might conclude the only emotion Americans really felt was anxiety."

"What are people for?"

"The face of evil is always the face of total beauty."

"Western man is the only animal that has erect posture and an enormous brain. This is a very dangerous combination."

"A question mark in the shape of a man."

"I would say that consciousness is the most important thing."

"Thought is action."

"Irony is the song of the trapped."

"Consciousness itself is the enemy."

"Infinite regress is death by a thousand cuts."

"We are not as unique as we imagine."

"Cynicism masquerades as sophistication."

"Despair is the luxury of the privileged."

"Self-pity is the default human position."

"The self that suffers is not the same self that observes."

"People can't stand a good man. They find him intolerable."

"The deeper problems are the only ones worth discussing."

"The facts of modern life make the real issues that face us very hard to see."

"The intellectual is ultimately a moralist."