philosophy Quotes

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

Who put their foot in the Missouri River first: Lewis or Clark? Who cares!

If you don't believe what other people believe, then they'll accuse you of being nihilistic.

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

I'm trying to make order out of chaos, trying to find some way of rationalising the horrific things that people do or the way the world is.

We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.