Quotes About Philosophy

I know what 'nothing' means, and I keep on playing. Why, BZ would say. Why not, I say.

I am not in the least an intellectual, which is not to say that when I hear the word intellectual I reach for my gun, but only to say that I do not think in abstracts.

Tell me what matters,' BZ said. 'Nothing,' Maria said.

They say an unexamined life is not worth living

Sagittarians rarely talk about their feelings—they talk about what they think about their feelings.

Nada há mais feio que dar pernas longuíssimas a ideias brevíssimas.

Leitor ignaro, se não guardas as cartas da juventude, não conhecerás um dia a filosofia das folhas velhas, não gostarás o prazer de ver-te, ao longe, na penumbra, com um chapéu de três bicos, botas de sete léguas e longas barbas assírias, a bailar ao som de uma gaita anacreôntica. Guarda as tuas cartas da juventude!

Se só me faltassem os outros, vá, um homem consola-se mais ou menos das pessoas que perde; mas falto eu mesmo, e esta lacuna é tudo.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard

Ancient Egyptians believed that the first and most necessary ingredient in the universe was chaos. It could sweep you away, but it was also the place from which all things start anew.

And I think, not for the first time, that what is immoral is not always wrong.

My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!

Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live.

Most people believe they have complete control of their free will regarding their actions and values. That is simply is a myth because our actions are influenced substantially but external factors. While some philosophers differ regarding the extent, we control free will, the vast majority believe external factors have a fundamental role. However, most do agree humans are in total control of their moral code, personal ethics and social values.

When we have found all the meanings and lost all the mysteries, we will be alone, on an empty shore.

I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate.

I think, therefore I don't care.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.