philosophy Quotes

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship.

The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science.

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.