Philosophy Quotes

"Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises" "To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active" "The aims of life are the best defense against death" "The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time" "Only beings who do not believe in the invisible can offer an explanation for everything" "What kind of world is this if a madman tells you must be ashamed of yourselves" "The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm" "Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today." "To sit and dream is to sit and dream" "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness" "A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things" "All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea" "The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it" "I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts" "Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps " "Without contraries is no progression " "What is a man without desires, without Free Will " "A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees " "Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed" "There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."