Philosophy Quotes

"The light is the same as it always was" "The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual" "A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books" "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles" "Sin is a spiritual and moral malignancy" "I am aware that life is absurd. It’s just a contest between people enjoying their various symptoms." "We are the bees of the invisible. We gather the honey of the visible and store it in the great golden hive of the invisible." "As an adherent of nonviolence, I cannot consistently support war." "If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it" "Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no further purpose" "Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it" "No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful." "To know is nothing at all to imagine is everything" "The average man does not know what to do with this life yet wants another one which will last forever" "Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere" "We arrive at truth, not by reason only, but also by the heart" "The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason" "Clarity of mind means clarity of passion too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves" "You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him bananas after death in monkey heaven" "The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them"