Quotes About Philosophy

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

A movement which is confined to philosophers and honest men can never exercise any real political influence.

A movement which is confined to philosophers and honest men can never exercise any real political influence: there are too few of them. Until a movement shows itself capable of spreading among brigands, it can never hope for a political majority.

El cristianismo podría ser bueno si alguien intentara practicarlo.

There is no physical gulf between the philosopher's class room and the bull ring; but the bull fighters do not come to the class room for all that.

When you go to women," says Nietzsche, "take your whip with you.

In eighteenth century France the end was at hand when men bought the Encyclopedia and found Diderot there.

Vital art comes always from a cross between art and life: art being of one sex only, and quite sterile by itself. Such a cross is always possible; for though the artist may not have the capacity to bring his art into contact with the higher life of his time; fermenting in its religion, its philosophy, its science, and its statesmanship (perhaps indeed their may not be any statesmanship going), he can at least bring it into contact with the obvious life and common passions of the streets.

If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains.

The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.

So I say, "Live and let live." That's my motto. "Live and let live." And anyone who can't go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family.

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

And here's something else, another problem you might have: Suppose your prayers aren't answered. What do you say? Well, it's God's will. Thy Will Be Done. Fine, but if it's God's will, and He's going to do what He wants to anyway, why the fuck bother praying in the first place? Seems like a big waste of time to me! Couldn't you just skip the praying part and go right to His Will? It's all very confusing.

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

If no one knows when a person is going to die, how can we say he died prematurely?

Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.

The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what I'm left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can't quite remember.

We're all fucked. It helps to remember this.

When it comes to God's existence, I'm not an atheist and I'm not agnostic. I'm an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me.

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY. Not true. Today is another day. We have no idea what tomorrow is going to be. It might turn out to be another day, but we can't be sure. If it happens, I'll be the first to say so. But, you know what? By that time, it'll be today again