Philosophy Quotes

"The greatest tragedy is to have lived without purpose."

"The human heart is the greatest mystery of all."

"There is no such thing as was—only is."

"We must believe in free will. We have no choice."

"The human condition is the only subject."

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

"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."

"I believe we are all connected by our humanity."

"About morals, I'm zero. About honor, I'm less than zero."

"The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness."

"Madness in individuals is something rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule."

"I have never been able to decide whether life is better than death."

"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for."

"Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person."

"There is a quality of nobleness in ignorance."

"I am not interested in the trivial. Give me the profound."

"I use the word love not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being."

"All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit it, that mirrors can only lie."

"The noblest thing to which a human being can aspire is the recovery of innocence."

"To arrive at the transcendent, one must first embrace the immediate."

"The most important thing for a nation is not to lose its cultural continuity."

"I understand myself only insofar as I have tried to put my thought into action."

"I am forced to conclude that I believe in the necessary coexistence of good and evil."

"Any life, if truly examined and accepted, is a journey through the sacred."

"A person is the product of what they think about all day long."

"There are no nations; there are only men."

"The only truth is that there are no absolute truths."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself."

"I have often wondered if the difference between writing and living is just a difference of approach."