Quotes About Philosophy

Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue.

You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.

There is an old illusion. It is called good and evil.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.

My job is not to produce answers. My job is to produce good questions.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.

I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?

Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.

Punctuation has its own philosophy, just as style does, although not as language does. Style is a good understanding of language, punctuation is a good understanding of style.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.

Good and evil go hand in hand, you can't seperate them.

I try not to think in terms of good and bad but more in terms of helpful or unhelpful in regards to specific moral codes and goals.