Philosophy Quotes

"Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse strewn with many a philosophic wreck" "So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world" "Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else." "The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection." "Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness." "To die hating them, that was freedom." "Sanity is not statistical." "The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better." "Truth is what works." "The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths." "The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook." "The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one." "The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable." "Love is the only reality, and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation." "There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast Nothing exists in itself " "There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men " "Life is a lot like skateboarding" "You can’t control life." "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel" "Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings."