Quotes About Philosophy

Se Deus não existisse, tudo seria permitido'', diz um personagem de Dostoiévski. Não é verdade, porque, crente ou não, tu não se permite tudo: tudo, inclusive o pior, não seria digno de ti! (...) Não é porque Deus existe que devo agir bem; é porque devo agir bem que posso necessitar - não para ser virtuoso, mas para escapar do desespero - de crer em Deus.

Only fools don't contradict themselves

To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!

But after all, dear Mr. Goldfaden," he went on, chilled by fear, "if God did not exist, what would you and I be?" The old man offered a compassionate smile, and his voice sought vainly for the lost tone of gaiety. "Poor little Jewish men, no?

What else can we do but garden our shadows while far away the universe burns and vanishes.

Gil's philosophy in all things is to seek the pain, woo the pain, recognize that pain is life. If you're heartbroken, Gil says, don't hide from it. Wallow in it. We hurt, he says, so let's hurt.

Living and ceasing to live are imaginary solutions; existence is elsewhere.

Past and future monopolize the poet's sensory and intellectual faculties, detached from the immediate spectacle. These two philtres become utterly clear the moment one stops being hypnotized by the cloudy precipitate constituted by the world of today.

The philosophical grail to shine analytical light on the conceptual darkness only distorts the forms of life otherwise flourishing there.

Filosofii susÈ›in c? omul e pervertit de societate È™i de proasta guvernare. (...) Nu, violatorul s?l??luia în noi ca un virus È™i nici o societate ideal? nu ne-ar fi putut t?m?dui.

Non che abbia raggiunto una qualche forma di distacco filosofico: le basta tirare fuori il cellulare dallo zainetto e rileggere per l'ennesima volta gli ultimi tre messaggi di Seamus per avere la prova che non è così.

The brain is a trashcan, though perhaps the best of all possible trashcans.

I know they say that's the way the cookie crumbles and all. But you can't help but wonder why there's any cookie-crumbling going on in the first place.

Hum. Talvez isso aqui seja o purgatório. E a gente simplesmente não sabe. Espera um minuto. Talvez isso aqui seja o inferno. Não, não, não pode ser o inferno. Tem flores demais. E pôr do sol. E o meu pai. Ele nunca estaria no inferno. Mas quem sabe estamos perto do inferno. Tipo em Nova Jersey.

Man has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored.

In a certain sense the past is far more real, or at any rate more stable, more resilient than the present. The present slips and vanishes like sand between the fingers, acquiring material weight, only in its recollection.

Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.

philosopher named Descartes

There is no logical reason to believe in God. There are emotional reasons, certainly, but I cannot have faith that nothing is something simply because it would be reassuring. I can no more believe in God than I can believe an invisible monkey lives in my ass; however, I would believe in both if they could be scientifically proven.

There is no logical reason to believe in God. There are emotional reasons, certainly, but I cannot have faith that nothing is somethings simply because it would be reassuring.

while some may doubt whether there be a God at all, nobody supposes that there is more than one.

Women, churchgoers, and conservative were more likely than men, nonchurch goers, and liberals to disagree with the reductionist (neural) account of human life.

God, having created his Universe, has now screwed the cap on His pen, put His feet on the mantelpiece and left the work to get on with itself.

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