Quotes about Philosophy

It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period

But it ain't easy, trying to do without God. Even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain.

Deep in my heart I care about God. What he going to think. And come to find out, he don't think. Just sit up there glorying in being deef, I reckon. But it ain't easy, trying to do without God. Even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain.

But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself.

If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.

If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.

There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

Why should we be startled by death? Life is a constant putting off of the mortal coil - coat, cuticle, flesh and bones, all old clothes.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.

It might be possible that the world itself is without meaning.