Quotes on Philosophical

Mistakes are joyful, truth infernal.

When silence confronts us, the question to which there is no answer rings out in the silence. That ultimate "why," that great "why" is like a light that blots out everything, but a blinding light; nothing more can be made out.

The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There's more of a chance then that they'll survive.

And I entered and beheld with the eye of my soul... the Light Unchangeable... He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows Eternity.

God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction.

It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.

A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

Everything flows and nothing stays.

There are no infidels anywhere but on earth: there are none in heaven, and there are none in hell. Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice, for the devils believe and tremble. And there are some of the devil's children that have gone beyond their father in sin, but how will it look when they are for ever lost?

Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy!

There is a tide in the affairs of men

Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile

Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this [is] subjectivity ... at its height.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity

To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality

Virtue is nothing else than right reason

Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable