Quotes About Reflection

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.

I had to philosophize. Otherwise, I could not live in this world.

There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.

Someone asked me once what my philosophy of life was, and I said some crazy thing. I should have said, how the hell do I know?

Philosophy must never be divorced from action. Unless it is put into practice, philosophy is nothing more than an intellectual game.

Who am I, why am I here? Forget the question, someone give me another beer.

The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration.

Call no man happy until he is dead.

We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.

Philosophy is the sum total of all that you know and what you decide is valuable.

Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt -- particularly to doubt one's cherished beliefs, one's dogmas and one's axioms.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

Don't judge me, you could be me in another life.

If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. Yes sir. How's that for a bit of homespun philosophy?

I'm the mirror to your mood, you hate me and I hate you.

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It's there in their dreams.

Why are we so blind to see that the only ones we hurt are you and me?

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

A true philosopher is married to wisdom; he needs no other bride.

We call it drunk philosophy. You have a few beers and you become a lot smarter.