Philosophical Quotes - Page 14

The main problem with those who deny the existence of God is not intellectual. It is not because of insufficient information, or that God's manifestation of himself in nature has been obscured. The atheists' problem is not that they cannot know God, rather it is they do not want to know him. Man's problem with the existence of God is not an intellectual problem; it is a moral problem." For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men - Rom. 1:18"

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The motive power of democracy is love

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

He that is jealous is not in love.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

With which stars do they go on speaking,the rivers that never reach the sea?

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations. Philosophy does not result in 'philosophical propositions', but rather in the clarification of propositions. Without philosophy thoughts are, as it were, cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries.

If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based on empirical knowledge. A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa, whether or not we like the implications.

The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical or theological speculation rather than of simple faith, and is accordingly nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

For a truly religious man nothing is tragic.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.