Philosophy Quotes
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell A philosopher once said, It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results. Well, they don’t!
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but “Can they suffer?
Jeremy BenthamJeremy Bentham The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell There is two things everybody got to find out for themselves. They got to find out about love and they got to find out about living.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein Self Love really is the only rule. All the other forms of love are just manifestations of it.
Dau VoireDau Voire Each portion of matter may be conceived of as a garden full of plants, and as a pond full of fishes. But each branch of the plant, each member of the animal, each drop of its humors, is also such a garden or such a pond.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
Malcolm XMalcolm X It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
Tutu DesmondTutu Desmond Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
Tutu DesmondTutu Desmond The chief proof of man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle