Philosophy Quotes

I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.

Being is essentially different from a being, from beings.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

Best not to know what’s waiting around the corner.

And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.

Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?

Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.