Quotes About Philosophy

Man is never truly wise until he has fathomed the riddle of his own existence

The Stoics were essentially pantheists, since they maintained that as there is nothing better than the world, the world is God.

Philosophy invites man out of the vainness of selfishness; out of the sorrow of ignorance and the despair of worldliness; out of the travesty of ambition and the cruel clutches of greed; out of the red hell of hate and the cold tomb of dead idealism.

Skepticism as propounded by Pyrrho of Elis (365-275 B.C.) and by Timon, Sextus Empiricus said that those who seek must find or deny they have found or can find, or persevere in the inquiry.

Diodorus held that nothing can be moved, since to be moved it must be taken out of the place in which it is and put into the place where it is not, which is impossible because all things must always be in the places where they are.

The reaping skeleton physically signifies death but philosophically that irresistible impulse in Nature which causes every being to be ultimately absorbed into the divine condition in which it existed before the illusionary universe had been manifested.

The earth and the water next mingled, becoming inseparable, and the Spiritual Word which is called Reason moved upon their surface, causing endless turmoil.

Todas las naciones paganas han tenido y tienen no solo su religión oficial, sino también otra a la cual solo han podido acceder los filósofos elegidos.

The Patristic school is notable for its emphasis upon the supremacy of man throughout the universe.

little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Universals cannot become particulars and particulars cannot become universals, but universals exist according to degrees and particulars exist according to conditions.

Es que habría que saber aceptar las cosas como se dan, y apreciar lo bueno que te pase, aunque no dure. Porque nada es para siempre.

No creo en eso de vivir el momento, Molina, nadie vive el momento.

Incierto es, en verdad, lo porvenir. ¿Quién sabe lo que va a pasar? Pero incierto es también lo pretérito, ¿quién sabe lo que ha pasado?   ANTONIO MACHADO Juan de Mairena

Past, present, future: where are you?

Their first discussion began with Huang Di inquiring, "I've heard that in the days of old everyone lived one hundred years without showing the usual signs of aging. In our time, however, people age prematurely, living only fifty years. Is this due to a change in the environment, or is it because people have lost the correct way of life?

The pure Yang forms the heaven, and the turbid Yin forms the earth. The Qi of the earth ascends and turns into clouds, while the Qi of the heaven turns into rain.

Os poetas são valiosíssimos aliados, cujo testemunho deve estimar-se em alto grau, pois costumam conhecer muitas coisas existentes no céu e na terra, que a nossa filosofia nem sequer suspeita. Na psicologia, sobretudo, encontram-se homens vulgares muito acima de nós, pois bebem na fonte a que não conseguimos ainda fazer chegar a ciência.

Para qué sirve la mujer de su casa? Reflexiones de un filósofo": Una mujer de su casa, lo que se denomina así en todo el mundo civilizado, es un producto estúpido que no sirve para nada de lo que un hombre inteligente necesita en la vida, resumía el ignoto pensador, que firmaba José Lorenzo.

Hay cosas que no pueden decirse, y es cierto. Pero esto que no puede decirse, es lo que se tiene que escribir.

the expression "beyond age" is meant simply to apply to the multiplicity of times present in each of us at every instant

Are time and patience still virtues?

Five minutes before his death, Monsieur de La Palisse was still alive.