Philosophy Quotes

"The secret of human existence is that we are always becoming."

"I have never heard of any crime which I have not sometimes wished I had committed."

"Man, as a physical being, is subject to the laws of nature. As a moral being, he is subject to moral laws which he creates for himself."

"Mankind is governed by very different sentiments than those which are impressed upon them at their birth."

"The most dangerous madness is that of ideas."

"The first step toward philosophy is incredulity."

"Morality is not what we inherit, it is what we choose."

"The best ideas come from the margins of society."

"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."

"Consciousness is the burden and the privilege of human existence."

"Age is not a diminishment if the mind remains engaged with the world."

"One must live deliberately, not accidentally."

"We must not ask whether we have the right to question; we must question."

"Nature is not our source of moral lessons; humanity is."

"The fundamental question is not whether we live, but how we live."

"What we refuse to acknowledge in ourselves, we project onto others."

"Philosophy teaches us to question, not merely to answer."

"Philosophy seeks the meaning of existence."

"Philosophy questions everything."

"Philosophy seeks the eternal questions."

"Philosophy teaches us how to live."

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"Absurdity is that which is devoid of purpose."

"One cannot be profound and agreeable too."

"Commend the French, unless they should please you."

"Our defects and failings are more than that; they define us."

"Reason is that faculty which distinguishes us from the beasts."

"The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling us to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever we want to believe."

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

"The absurd is the only truth."