Quotes About Philosophy

The moral philosophy and spiritual conceptions of men and nations should hold their own amid these formidable scientific evolutions…No material progress, even though it takes shapes we cannot now conceive, or however it may expand the faculties of man, can bring comfort to his soul.

All Nature smiles, and here at last is a land where white men may rule and prosper. As yet only the indolent Kaffir enjoys its bounty, and, according to the antiquated philosophy of Liberalism, it is to such that it should for ever belong.

It was one of those moments when the prizes and penalties of life seem equally stale and futile.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Este método de vida respondía exactamente a las máximas del poeta Blake: «Pensar por la mañana, actuar al mediodía, comer por la tarde y dormir por la noche».

Bullets--to a philosopher my dear Mamma--are not worth considering. I do not believe the Gods would create so potent a being as myself for so prosaic an ending.

as the acorn is nourished by the dead leaves of the oak, the hope strengthens that the rise and fall of men and their movements are only the changing foliage of the ever-growing tree of life

kill not only men, but ideas.

No two cities have counted more with mankind than Athens and Jerusalem. Their messages in religion, philosophy, and art have been the main guiding lights of modern faith and culture.

A che serve qui chiedersi sotto quante stelle nasce l'uomo, e sotto quante dopo un attimo muore.

Czemu ty si?, z?a godzino, z niepotrzebnym mieszasz l?kiem? Jeste? - a wi?c musisz min??. Miniesz - a wi?c to jest pi?kne

But human beings are, by nature, sad. So be it, then. It isn't all that bad.

Not faith in the beyond, but only doubt can make you, sorry soul, a bit less wretched.

Y helo aquí: en un estado indeporable, el escarabajo muerto en el sendero resplandece bajo el sol. El tiempo de una mirada basta para pensar en él: no le ha ocurrido nada importante, parece. Lo importante, dicen, es lo que nos atañe a nosotros. La vida, pero solo nuestra, o la muerte, pero también sólo nuestra, una muerte que así goza de su obligada primacía.

Å»ycie, cho?by i dÅ'ugie, zawsze bÄ™dzie krótkie.

Why do we treat the fleeting day with so much needless fear and sorrow? It's in its nature not to stay: Today is always gone tomorrow.

Bear with me, O mystery of existence, as I pluck the occasional thread from your train.

Nie ma rozpusty gorszej ni? my?lenie.

How should we live? someone asked me in a letter. I had meant to ask him the same question. 0 likes

the unthinkable / is thinkable.

Chiedo scusa alle grandi domande per le piccole risposte che ho dato.

Listen, nitwit, what good will it do you to know whether I am sincere or insincere? What does this have to do with whether or not my thoughts are right? I can utter a soaring truth insincerely and say the stupidest thing sincerely. Learn to judge the thought independently of who says it or how.

The world was indeed a kind of screen and did not manifest itself other than by passing me on and on—I was just the bouncing ball that objects played with!

On siedzia? z sensem (bo czyta?), a ja bez sensu siedzia?em.