Quotes About Philosophy

Thus, it is quite clear that things which the natural course of events, with its small, infrequent blows, could never teach the wise to bear with patience, the immensity of this calamity made even simple people regard with indifference.

TristeÈ›ii fizice È™i absolute a dup?-amiezilor din timpul s?rb?torilor de iarn? i-au urmat întrebarea asupra r?ului È™i binelui existenÈ›ei, iar spirirtul spunea nu la orice promisiune, orice vis mincinos, orice pl?cere fals? È™i sufla peste cele din urm? farmece, ca vântul de la miezul nopÈ›ii peste ultimele pâlpâiri ale unor lumân?ri muribunde.

Lumea ni se pare r?u întocmit?; viaÈ›a - lipsit? de grandoare, gândirea ne face impresia unei intenÈ›ii r?mase la jum?tatea drumului, unui gest abia schiÈ›at, unui desen negru È™i confuz pe care nimeni nu l-a dezvoltat în fresc?.

El triunfo de los dictadores es consecuencia de tres fracasos: de la filosofía, de la religión, del capitalismo democrático.

Ve o hastal?k,ey Hamlet,o korkunç hastal?k belki düÅŸünce, belki içe bak?? deÄŸil midir?Yoksa sen,yapmak yerine,yapmak istemediklerini ve yapmak zorunda olduklar?n? düÅŸünen o adamlar familyas?n?n hüzünlü kahraman? deÄŸil misin? Yoksa sen kelimeleri, ki onlar diÅŸidir,eylemlere,ki onlar erkektir,tercih eden o yorgun ve kad?ns? ruhlardan deÄŸil misin?

Life to be bearable must be lived intensely. Through it a continuous stream of emotion passes. Though that emotion is ever changing as flowing water changes, it at least bears us along on a current that gives the illusion of continuity and permanence. But analyze life, tear its trappings off, lay it bare with thought, with logic, with philosophy, and its emptiness is revealed as a bottomless pit; its nothingness frankly confesses to nothingness, and Despair comes to perch in the soul.

He renunciado desde hace tiempo a todas mis direcciones y paticipaciones industriales para comprarme la cosa más cara -en sentido económico y moral- del mundo: la libertad. Un lujo que no está al alcance hoy, ni siquiera de un simple millonario. Supongo que soy uno de los cinco o seis hombres apróximadamente libres que viven en la tierra.

No hay más Dios que el hombre y cada hombre tiene su encarnación.

Para mí, Dios no ha muerto, porque nunca había estado vivo en mi ánima.

Magia est pars practica scientiae naturalis (Magic is the practical part of natural science)

Se l'umorismo serve a rendere meno triste la vita, perché non dovrebbe servire a rendere meno triste la morte?

Tu ne contrôles pas les choses qui arrivent, pire, tu n'es même pas capable de savoir si elles sont bonnes ou mauvaises.

Era anche troppo facile pensare che fosse quella l'arma che aveva ucciso monna Vana, troppo facile. Ma d'altra parte non erano i maestri di Francia, i filosofi che tenevano lezione nel vicolo degli Strami a Parigi, a insegnarci che la causa semplice è regina sulla causa complessa? E che la Natura, oltre che del vuoto, ha parimenti orrore dell'inutile complessità?

The republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means association, a new philosophy of life, a divine Ideal that shall move the world, the only means of regeneration vouchsafed to the human race.

Tra un fiore colto e l' altro donato l' inesprimibile nulla

Life is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing.

Embrace determinism and you're chained all the way back to the beginning. Of the universe. Of everything.

I suppose the word "unbearable" is a lie by definition. Unless you kill yourself immediately after using it.

There is no God. And that's His only Commandment.

God being dead, irony still rollickingly alive...

Just because life's meaningless doesn't mean we can't experience it meaningfully.

The question 'What was there before creation?' is meaningless. Time is a property of creation, therefore before creation there was no before creation.

I suppose the word "unbearable" is a lie by definition. Unless you kill yourself immediately after using it.

TV," I said, "do you believe in God?" "I believe," he said, "in Walt Disney." "You too!" We had clicked.