Philosophy Quotes

"Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame."

"If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever"

"Only beings who do not believe in the invisible can offer an explanation for everything"

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad"

"If we don't know life, how can we know death?"

"The name of the rose is a mere symptom of our nostalgia for a time when names meant something."

"Writing is itself but the representation of speech"