Philosophy Quotes

"By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out." "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion." "Secularism teaches us to be good for our own sake." "Real life is about reacting quickly to the opportunity at hand, not the opportunity you envisioned. Not thinking and scheming for the future, but letting it happen" "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion" "Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it." "The more you know, the sadder you get." "If you accept that the universe is arbitrary, what's the big deal? It just is" "Everything in moderation including moderation" "All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow." "We can know only one thing: that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom." "What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness." "A truly wise man is always joyful." "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" "I would love to make beauty and strangeness synonymous"