Quotes about Philosophy
We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives by love is saved by his faith in the God whose existence (under that name) he denies.
— William Temple
Where the statue stoodOf Newton with his prism and silent face,The marble index of a mind foreverVoyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.
— William Wordsworth
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.
— William Wordsworth
One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
— William Wordsworth
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
— Woodrow Wilson
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune, " but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.
— Marcus Aurelius
If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another name?
— Graham Greene
The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence.
— John F. Kennedy
The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
— Confucius
Confucius said the doctrine of the mean was the highest virtue, and rare among men. The Buddhists call it the middle way. Aristotle saw moderation as the essence of virtue. I say moderation in all things, even moderation.
— Jay Parini
I've nothing, am nothing, shall be nothing, and yet I take nothing.
— Elias Canetti