Philosophy Quotes

"The meaning of earthly existence is not in prosperity alone."

"Cruelty is a product of the failure to understand."

"We must learn to see in absolute poverty an absolute richness."

"The human conscience is the ultimate moral authority."

"The modern age has lost the capacity for true contemplation."

"Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece."

"The human eye is the only true morality."

"The prison of mirrors called the mirror of consciousness."

"I confess I do not believe in time."

"The notes of madness are many, in fact infinite."

"Consciousness is the only activity of the mind which cannot be entirely eliminated."

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

"The young are philosophers, the middle-aged are politicians, the old are priests."

"Pleasure is the sole basis of all morality."

"The seed of sorrow lies within all joy."

"A man's character is his destiny."

"We are not troubled by things, but by the thoughts we have about them."

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

"Philosophy teaches us to question what we think we know."

"A man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills."

"In the struggle between myself and the world, I side with the world."

"Practically everyone now does come somewhere in the middle."

"The longer I live the more convinced I become that this world is hell, and that the people in it are all more or less lunatics."

"Human nature is such that we must have reasons for thinking and acting."

"To be modern is to be anxious about being modern, and this anxiety is the price of consciousness."

"The soul is constantly created by the body and the senses rather than the reverse."

"A man ceases to be criminal the moment he ceases to think of crime as a possibility."

"The tragedy of modern life is that we are too busy living to actually live."

"The philosopher is one who has learned to be comfortable with uncertainty."

"In the face of eternity, all human achievement is equal—equally magnificent and equally insignificant."