Philosophy Quotes

"Philosophy is the art of wondering."

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

"Conviction is the conscience of the mind."

"The human mind will never rest satisfied until it arrives at some explanation of the world."

"Sin and virtue are a merchant's concern, not a philosopher's."

"We are bound by duty more than by law"

"To understand human nature, one must first understand human weakness."

"In the end, all theater is a meditation on loss."

"The philosopher's burden is to question what others accept."

"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."

"What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocracy of sentiment it betrays."

"One should always be drunk. That's all that matters."

"The true civilization is not in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It is in the diminution of traces of Original Sin."

"The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one."

"The butterfly is evidence of reincarnation."

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."

"In order to understand the world, one must sometimes turn away from it and contemplate it from afar."

"The civilization which truly progresses is that which recognizes beauty as essential."

"To understand the divine, one must first understand the self."

"The true revolutionary is he who transforms beauty into consciousness."

"Words are shadows of thoughts, and thoughts are shadows of truth."

"Meaning emerges not from clarity but from productive ambiguity."

"To doubt is to think; to think is to transcend."

"Consciousness is the price we pay for perception."

"The contemplative life is the highest achievement of humanity."

"The universe unfolds itself through human consciousness."

"The body is a prison; the mind is a universe."

"To think is to be forever unsatisfied with easy answers."

"Philosophy teaches us to question not just the world, but ourselves."

"It takes all kinds of people to make the world."