Philosophy Quotes

"The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day" "Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night " "The cistern contains; the fountain overflows " "The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it." "Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny." "As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think" "The function of evil is to divide, separate" "Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake." "Confine yourself to the present" "To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell" "I’d rather have a lot of questions than a lot of answers" "It doesn’t seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different plants, and different conditions, and different stars should all exist for the sake of a single one of us. It seems much more reasonable that it’s not, that the universe is simply indifferent" "Question everything" "The good and the wise lead quiet lives" "Silence is true wisdom's best reply" "Cleverness is not wisdom" "Poetry is the watchful eye of the human race" "Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be" "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best" "There's simply no polite way to tell people they've dedicated their lives to an illusion"