Quotes About Understanding

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.

Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.

Love, I think, is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it.

Gentlemen, haven't we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love.

Common sense is the folklore of philosophy.

Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.

There is, in fact, no teaching without learning.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!

For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.

You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome.

Deep connection is the antidote to madness.

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.

Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind.

Philosophy is the history of philosophy.

Things always become obvious after the fact

When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.