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Quotes About Philosophy

Every step appears as the unavoidable consequence of the preceding one," Einstein said. "In the end, there beckons more and more clearly general annihilation.
~ Eric Schlosser
And what is laughter anyway? Changing the angle of vision.
~ Erica Jong
Is life much too long for an immortal?
~ Erica Jong
There's no shame in loving life above death. Otherwise I would be dead. What use would that be to the gods, who will not die themselves?
~ Erica Jong
Sunt furios c? m-am împotmolit într-o împieliÈ›at? de filozofie pe care spiritul meu nu se poate împiedica s? n-o aprobe, iar inima s-o nege.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
La vie n'est ni un jeu ni un match, sinon il y aurait des gagnants.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Dénombrer l'infini, n'est-ce pas le refuser?
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Dieu n'est présent en moi que sous la forme de sa question.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Cu cât corpul devine mai greu, cu atât mintea este mai uÈ™oar?.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Le mal est un mystère plus profond que le bien car, dans le bien, il y a une lumière, un dynamisme, une affirmation de la vie. Comment peut-on choisir l'obscur.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
La felicità non consiste nel mettersi al riparo dalla sofferenza, ma di integrarla al tessuto della nostra esistenza.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
GândeÈ™te-te puÈ›in Oscar. De cine te simÈ›i tu mai apropiat, de un Dumnezeu care nu simte nimic sau de un Dumnezeu care sufer?? - De cel care sufer?, normal. Dar dac-aÈ™ fi fost în locul lui, dac-aÈ™ fi fost Dumnezeu, dac? aÈ™ fi avut puterile lui, m-aÈ™ fi aranjat s? nu suf?r. - Nimeni nu poate s? scape de suferin??. Nici Dumnezeu, nici tu. Nici p?rinÈ›ii t?i, nici eu.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Nasza przesz?o?? ma taki ci??ar, jaki jej nadamy; refleksja i praca pozwalaj? uczyni? j? lekk?.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
La vie est une tragédie : autant la vivre en comédie.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Od prawdy zawsze wola?am niepewno??.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Ecco. Bisogna distinguere due pene, Oscar, la sofferenza fisica e la sofferenza morale. La sofferenza fisica la si subisce. La sofferenza morale la si sceglie.» «Non capisco.» «Se ti piantano dei chiodi nei polsi o nei piedi, non puoi far altro che avere male. Subisci. Invece, all'idea di morire, non sei obbligato ad avere male. Non sai che cos'è. Dipende dunque da te.»
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Adev?rul r?mâne inaccesibil, nu exist? decât adev?ruri provizorii, tentative de adev?r.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
PoÈ›i suferi de singur?tate chiar fiind în mijlocul alor t?i? Asta-i soarta omului care gândeÈ™te cu capul lui.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
If I am what I have and if what I have is lost, who then am I? Nobody but a defeated, deflated, pathetic testimony to a wrong way of living.
~ Erich Fromm
The task of the moral philosopher-thinker is to support and strengthen the voice of human conscience, to recognize what is good or what is bad for people, whether they are good or bad for society in a period of evolution. May be a voice crying in the wilderness, but only if that voice remains lively and uncompromising, it is possible to transform the desert into fertile land.
~ Erich Fromm
Capitalism puts things (capital) higher than life (labor). Power follows from possession, not from activity.
~ Erich Fromm
Hanya ada satu kepastian, yaitu kepastian tentang masa lampau. Sedangkan tentang masa depan, yang ada hanyalah kepastian tentang kematian
~ Erich Fromm
Man can only know the nagation, never the position of ultimate reality.
~ Erich Fromm
Jesus and Satan appear here as repre sentatives of two opposite principles. Satan is the representative of material consumption and of power over nature and Man. Jesus is the representative of being, and of the idea that not-having is the premise for being. The world has followed Satan's principles, since the time of the gospels.
~ Erich Fromm