Philosophy Quotes

A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.

We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.

If you are going to chase away your demons, you have to go to where they are.

The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.

There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’

The truth is that our wellbeing is dependent on our giving love. It is not about what comes back; it is about what goes out!

Hold on to who we are before the world tries to tear us apart.

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.

Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am.