Philosophy Quotes

"Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law." "We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without." "Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play." "The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death" "We inhabit a language rather than a country" "Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets" "Every other is completely other" "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." "Philosophy is common sense with big words." "Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will" "Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves" "The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems laughable" "Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror But you are eternity and you are the mirror" "Death is the winner, there's no point denying that" "Human words are like shadows, and shadows are incapable of explaining light and between shadow and light" "Your children are not your children They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself" "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time" "There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth" "We never consider that the thing that is likely to cause us the most harm is the same thing that brings us the most happiness" "If you look for perfection, you'll never be content"