Quotes About Philosophy

Free man is by necessity insecure; thinking man by necessity uncertain.

It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it... And just in case thou art not all that, we will fix it with a bit of cleverness in reconstructing reality!

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Reality, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: [from academe] A modern school where football is taught.

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum

Faith Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Life. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

are you certain that a man's life begins with his birth?

I have always thought that Heaven invented all the problems, and Hell the solutions.

Time has two faces, Khayyam said to himself. It has two dimensions, its length is measured by the rhythm of the sun but its depth by the rhythm of passion.

Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.

Hiçbir ÅŸeye ÅŸa??rma, hakikatin de insanlar?n da iki yüzü vard?r.

Zaman?n iki yüzü var, dedi kendi kendine Hayyam, iki boyutu; uzunluÄŸunu güneÅŸin seyri belirliyor, kal?nl???n? ise tutkular.

Daha m? iyi olurdu, yoksa daha m? kötü? Ä°nsan hala soluk al?p bu soruyu sorabiliyorsa, bu türlüsü pek de fena olmam?? demektir.

Bu halde hiçbir ÅŸeyim önemi kalmaz ve zaten ölümüm de yoldan olmaz.

On ne s'est pas contenté de dénoncer les excès de l'égalitarisme, c'est le principe même d'égalité qu'on a remis en cause, et dévalorisé.

XX. Yüzy?l bize hiçbir doktrinin mutlaka kendiliÄŸinden özgürlükçü olamayaca??n?, hepsinin, komünizmin, liberalizmin, milliyetçiliÄŸin, büyük dinlerden her birinin, hatta laikliÄŸin kontrolden ç?kabileceÄŸini, hepsinin yozlaÅŸabileceÄŸini, hepsinin elininin kana bulaÅŸt???n? öÄŸretmiÅŸ olacak.

It was the way people thought: what you couldn't do anything about you learned to accept.

The idea that came through in the Renaissance and took hold of the West was that life was no mere anteroom for something greater or divine. Life itself was of value--and could be made perfect.

It is not just do do do. It is not just be be be. It is do be do be do.