Quotes about Philosophy

Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.

For we cannot speak of the beginning; where the beginning begins our thinking stops, it comes to an end.

Simplicity is an intellectual achievement, one of the greatest.

The most general formulation of rights given with the natural is, in the words of Roman law, suum cuique, to each his own.

God as a working hypothesis in morals, politics, or science has been surmounted and abolished; and the same thing has happened in philosophy and religion (Feuerbach!). For the sake of intellectual honesty, that working hypothesis should be dropped, or as far as possible eliminated.

The fact that he was ashamed when he was discovered praying was for Kant an argument against prayer. He failed to see that prayer by its very nature is a matter for the strictest privacy, and he failed to perceive the fundamental significance of shame for human existence.

I would argue that the issue of God and the issue of science have the same roots.

In philosophy seminars, the choice is usually between good and evil. In the real world, however, the choice is often between a bad guy and a worse guy.

The life of West, Nietzsche said, is based on Christianity. The values of the West are based on Christianity. Some of these values seem to have taken a life of their own, and this gives us the illusion that we can get rid of Christianity and keep the values. This, Nietzsche says, is an illusion...Remove the Christian foundation, and the values must go too.

Me and God have a great relationship, but we're both seeing other people.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.

Do not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness.