Philosophy Quotes

It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.

But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?

Truth never ages-old, It is as deep as the universe.

But what’s real? You can’t find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything’s a lie, you can’t hurt yourself.

Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.

Be grateful for these storms, my child, for they carry lessons that transform our souls.

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.

Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.

If you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. There’s nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible.