Quotes about Philosophy

Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit any of these things, not even science itself.

What is your religion? I mean-not what you know about religion but the belief that helps you most?

A mathematical point is the most indivisble and unique thing which art can present.

The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.

Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.

No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.

God exists necessarily and is the explanation why anything else exists.

I am not offering God as a theory to compete with scientific theories about the universe. Rather I am saying that those self-contained, secular theories provide evidence for theologically neutral premises in philosophical arguments leading to a conclusion that has theistic significance.

pain may be inevitable but suffering is optional.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it