Philosophy Quotes

"The body is not a thing, it is a situation."

"There is only one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is aging."

"The most concrete of activities is philosophical activity."

"The concept of progress acts as a sort of sedative to the modern mind."

"The body is not a thing, it is a way of being in the world."

"The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be."

"The sceptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates."

"Existence is not an illusion, but neither is it what we think it to be."

"To live without philosophy is like sailing without a compass."

"The only certainty is that nothing is certain."

"In the state of nature, we are not equal."

"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

"Existence precedes essence"

"We are left alone, without excuse"

"Consciousness is a being such that in its being, its being is in question insofar as this being implies a being other than itself"

"Facticity is what we are"

"The role of the intellectual is to speak truth and expose lies"

"Consciousness is a being which is not what it is and which is what it is not"

"Every human being is responsible for everything"

"Being and nothingness are the fundamental structures of human reality"

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent oneself from being lynched."

"The world is not to be put in order; the world is order incarnate."

"Our social personality is a creation of the thoughts of other people."

"Habit is a second nature which keeps us from knowing the first."

"Thought is a river that flows endlessly through the mind."

"The mind is a universe unto itself."

"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with acceptance."

"Philosophy is the attempt to understand what cannot be fully understood."

"Everything that is not forbidden is obligatory."

"The poor don't know that it is shameful to be unhappy."