More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is no reason ….

A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic..

I shall assume that your silence gives consent..

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master..

Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional need for cer….

The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even i….

There is not a philosophical method, though there are indeed methods, like different therapies..

A home without books is a body without soul..

Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain from ….

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers..

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight..

The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cr….

You will all know that in the Middle Ages there were supposed to be various classes of angels. these hierarchized celsitudes are but the last traces ….

Necessity, the mother of invention..

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank..

Philosophy is by the timid for the timid..

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god..

When you take a photo at 1/1000 of a second, the moment can become an eternal fact, an eternal moment. So we have a philosophical problem of objectiv….

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due..

I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year, my chops aren't going to get any wors….

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways..