philosophy Quotes

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

In Chekhov, everything blends into its opposite, just fractionally, and this is sort of unsettling. And that's why you end up 100 years later asking, 'Is that moment tragic or comic?'

The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.