Quotes about Philosophy
Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.
— Anselm of Canterbury
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
— Oscar Wilde
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
— Joseph Campbell
He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
— St. Augustine
More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.
— Mortimer Adler
And indeed we believe you [God] to be something than which a greater cannot be conceived.
— Anselm of Canterbury
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?
— Ricky Gervais
If there were no God, he would have to be invented.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.
— Aristotle
Arguments about God are like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.
— NT Wright
Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.
— St. Thomas Aquinas