Quotes about Philosophy

In this present book, we are taking what Christian philosopher Gary Habermas, in another context, calls "the minimalist facts approach." We are only going to say what can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. We are not going to present a hagiography of George Washington, i.e., we will not make him into an ecclesiastical saint. But we do believe that his own words and actions show that he was a Christian and not an unbelieving Deist.

We can well imagine Jews feeling a bit out of their element—maybe intimidated and shamed by their own story, which began in slavery, ended in exile, and with absolutely zero contributions to philosophy or science. "Some 'chosen people'! What kind of God did you say you follow? Apparently one who lets bad things happen to you.

From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?