Quotes about Philosophy
If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.
- Soren Kierkegaard
What is truth but to live for an idea?
- Soren Kierkegaard
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Those who believe that politics and religion do not mix, understand neither.
- Albert Einstein
If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.
- Mark Twain
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
- Epicurus
A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.
- Khalil Gibran
I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
- George Washington
To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
- CS Lewis
The Hindu religion is the only of the World's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths.
- Carl Sagan