Quotes About Philosophy

The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world.

I love humanity but I hate people.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.

Some say that life has no form, that it is extremely diffuse. I think I can agree with them. ... A life without conclusions is painful.

Accept that there are things in this world we can never explain and life will be understandable. That is the irony of life. It is also the beauty of it.

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

I am interested only in "nonsense"; only in that which makes no practical sense. I am interested in life only in its absurd manifestations.

Taking responsibility for your own life is not a Left wing idea

...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

…Perhaps this momentary life of ours is only the light that divides our infinite origin from our infinite end.

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.

Do you always believe in the life to come? Mine was always that.

As you learn more and more about the irrelevance of human life to the general mechanism of the universe, the idea of an interested god, becomes increasingly implausible.

Life is nasty, brutish, and short

I believe that either Jupiter has life or it doesn't. But I neither believe that it does, nor do I believe that it doesn't.

Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.

The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life.

And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?

Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle.

The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life.

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Art is a reflection on life. Life isn't something we can cut and fix. It's always in a state of flux.