Quotes about Philosophy
The short sayings of the wise and good men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the sparks of diamonds.
— John Tillotson
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.
— John Updike
it is good for a man to do right, and to leave happiness to take care of itself...
— Ellen Glasgow
Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, or idlest froth amid the boundless main.
— Emily Bronte
Ask anyone what she means when she says 'God' and chances are that you will learn a lot more about that person than you will learn about God.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
if God is all-powerful and God is all-good, then why do terrible things happen to good people?
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Reason is the enemy of faith.
— Martin Luther
There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
— George Lucas
This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it. John Adams, U.S. President
— George Washington
Francis Schaeffer's Escape from Reason.
— Sarah Young
Francis Schaeffer's Escape from Reason. To my great surprise and delight, that small book had answered questions I'd long before dismissed as unanswerable.
— Sarah Young
The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
— Marcus Aurelius