Philosophy Quotes

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

What we truly desire is happiness, which is truly found without desire.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.