Philosophy Quotes

"The voice of conscience is the voice of our highest self."

"Philosophy attempts to answer the questions that our hearts already know."

"Philosophy teaches us how to think, not what to think."

"Duty is the sublimest word in the language; you can never do wrong if you obey it."

"All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of philosophy."

"In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters."

"The truly magnificent thing about human existence is that we can choose our own meaning."

"The symbol of all relations among people, the moral symbol, is the contract."

"I am strongly inclined to believe the majority are right in everything."

"What we think, we become."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent one's ear drums from being split."

"The mind creates a narrative that is almost never aligned with reality."

"In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current."

"The most powerful words are often those left unspoken."

"A person who has never doubted has never truly thought."

"The human condition is the eternal struggle between desire and denial."

"How much more interesting the world becomes when one regards it not as a collection of material objects, but as a tapestry of human experience."

"To live and act according to some fine ideas and master principles, that surely is something to boast of."

"Philosophy seeks the truth."

"Philosophy teaches us to question everything and understand ourselves."

"Philosophy asks the questions that science attempts to answer."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened by it."

"The soul is the greatest treasure we possess."

"The greatest good is the greatest number."

"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."

"We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles; meanwhile, within man is the soul of the whole."

"Wonder is the beginning of philosophy."

"Philosophy is common sense in a dress suit."

"The Gothic teaches us that darkness need not be evil, only different."

"The supernatural reflects the deepest desires of the human heart."