Quotes about Philosophy

Abraham believed. He did not believe that some day he would be blessed in the beyond, but that he would be happy here in the world.

All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

The key factor that will determine your financial future is not the economy; the key factor is your philosophy.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period

But it ain't easy, trying to do without God. Even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain.

Deep in my heart I care about God. What he going to think. And come to find out, he don't think. Just sit up there glorying in being deef, I reckon. But it ain't easy, trying to do without God. Even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain.

But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself.

If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.

If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.

There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.