Philosophy Quotes

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Just like a sunbeam can’t separate itself from the sun, and a wave can’t separate itself from the ocean, we can’t separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.

In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty – some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.

There’s a bit of hidden magic in every mistake. The magic is called learning.

Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.

whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations.