Quotes about Philosophy
Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
— John Donne
If that be simply perfectest Which can by no way be expresst But negatives, my love is so. To All, which all love, I say no. Negative Love
— John Donne
And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, The Element of fire is quite put out; The Sun is lost, and th'earth, and no mans wit Can well direct him where to looke for it ... 'Tis all in peeces, all coherence gone; All just supply, and all Relation.
— John Donne
Virtually every agnostic lives like an atheist, living completely irreligious lives.
— Dennis Prager
The human species produces a certain percentage of scum. That is the way in which I have understood the world my whole life.
— Dennis Prager
The nature o' things doesn't change, though it seems as if one's own life was nothing but change.
— George Eliot
The way you see life will largely determine what you get out of it.
— Zig Ziglar
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
— Epictetus
There may be no single thing that can teach us more about life than death.
— Arianna Huffington
Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.
— Lao Tzu
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.
— Elias Canetti
Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.
— Aristotle