Quotes about Philosophy
I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.
— Joseph Brodsky
We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
— Epictetus
Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.
— Bruce Lee
The atheist has no hope.
— James Freeman Clarke
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
— Edmund Burke
What a bummer it is to be a human being.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.
— Albert Einstein
One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.
— CS Lewis
The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs.
— Samuel Johnson
Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race.
— Victor Hugo
An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.
— Pope Benedict XVI