Philosophy Quotes

"Melancholy is the happiness of being sad." "Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection." "To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful." "The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil" "The well-being of the people is the highest law" "I wish it need not have happened in my time said Frodo So do I said Gandalf and so do all who live to see such times But that is not for them to decide All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us" "It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust." "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable." "The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." "In God's wildness lies the hope of the world" "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads" "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" "While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die" "A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities" "The universe doesn’t allow perfection." "Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet." "The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities." "I call myself a blind man riding on a blind tiger." "The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."