Philosophy Quotes

"The soul is the prison of the body" "Truth is of the world; it is produced there by virtue of multiple constraints" "The only valid tribute to thought such as Nietzsche's is precisely to use it, to deform it, to make it groan and protest" "The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths." "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth" "Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul." "Life has a very simple plot: first you're here and then you're not" "Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it." "If men were angels no government would be necessary" "He said, 'It's all in your head,' and I said, 'So's everything,' but he didn't get it" "The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside." "The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale." "To live at all is miracle enough." "Science is the poetry of reality." "We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes."