Philosophy Quotes

"Books are the mirrors of the soul" "For all men tragically great are made so through a certain morbidness" "In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers" "Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards both with equal eye" "But truth is ever incoherent, and when the big hearts strike together, the concussion is a little stunning" "It's not the answers that enlighten, but the questions." "Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge." "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away." "Not only does the universe have a strange reality, but sometimes it can be downright bizarre." "Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt." "Immorality: The morality of those who are having a better time." "An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." "Adultery is the application of democracy to love." "Life's beauty lies in its transient nature" "The most profound wisdom often comes in silence"