Philosophy Quotes
I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty, I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.
Bill CosbyBill Cosby Nothing in the visual field allows you to infer that it is seen by an eye.
Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
Thomas HobbesThomas Hobbes The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
ArchimedesArchimedes Before we can realize who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person we think we are, here and now, is at best an impostor and a stranger.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Love is sight, sight is love. Stay where you’re seen, it’s where you’re loved.
KehlaniKehlani Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
Tutu DesmondTutu Desmond We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
Tutu DesmondTutu Desmond We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.
Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore Being wealthy isn’t just a question of having lots of money. It’s a question of what we want. Wealth isn’t an absolute, it’s relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.
Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau There is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.
Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Being is essentially different from a being, from beings.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger