Quotes About Philosophy

Zoroastrianism;

L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

A first sign of the beginning of knowledge is the wish to die.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

Socrates "was asked why seawater had become salty. He replied: If you can indicate to me the use that will come to you from knowing the answer to this question, I shall give you the reason." And Diogenes, "seeing a youth with a lamp, said to him: Do you know where this - fire comes from? The youth replied: If you can tell me where it goes to, I shall tell you where it comes from, thus effectively silencing Diogenes, something nobody else had been able to do.

Proof of Your existence? There is nothing but.

The great poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote: "Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart, and learn to love the questions themselves.

Now the crucial question no longer seemed to be what life was, but what one was to do with this valueless, yet somehow uniquely valuable life?

It seemed to me that there were just two possibilities. Either no God existed, or there did exist a deity who was monstrous if powerful and futile if powerless.

Désormais, la question essentielle n'était plus de savoir ce qu'était la vie, mais de décider de ce qu'il fallait faire de cette vie sans valeur, et pourtant, en quelque sorte, d'un prix unique.

no le parece que tiene uno suficientes quebraderos de cabeza con lo que piensa de verdad para preocuparse encima de lo que habría podido pensar si lo hubiera pensado?

Il faut du temps pour faire se rejoindre "la" et "sa" vérité du temps. - Vandoosler

non cresce niente sul magniloquio, sul parviloquio o sul soliloquio. Su che cosa cresce qualcosa? Sul riflettiloquio.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

Everyone who doubts knows that he is doubting, so that he is certain of this truth at least, namely the fact that he doubts. Thus every one who doubts whether there is such a thing as truth, knows at least one truth, so that his very capacity to doubt should convince him that there is such a thing as truth.

O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy

President Bush,' he said, 'and all the people around him, will act according to their upbringing. Which is based on the Judeo-Christian moral philosophy supported by the Graeco-Roman concept of logic.

We have a belief that we need not believe in, no dogmas, no ritual, no mythology, no church, no priest, no holy book--what a relief!

Self, stands in contradistinction to the Hindu doctrine of Atman

It is a nothingness unattainable by the intellect.

It takes place on a dimension higher than that of science (or scientism) or common sense.

Rascals, would you live forever?