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Philosophy Quotes
"Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God."
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"Truth is a mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, anthropomorphisms, in short a sum of human relations which have been subjected to poetic and rhetorical intensification, translation and decoration; truths are illusions of which we have forgotten that they are illusions, metaphors which have become worn by frequent use and have lost all sensuous vigour. Yet we still do not know where the drive to truth comes from, for so far we have only heard about the obligation to be truthful which society imposes in order to exist"from, "On Truth and Lying in a Non-Moral Sense"."
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"It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes."
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"Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper."
68
"How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask-half our great theological and metaphysical problems-are like that."
66
"As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one can prove that there is not a God. On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think that I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because, when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods."
57
"What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'."
56
"Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature."
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"It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless."
54
"Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?"
52
"What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read."
52
"Evangelism is not a calling reserved exclusively for the clergy. I believe one of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism."
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"There is a perfection in everything that cannot be owned."
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"Prayers have no boundaries. They can leap miles and continents and be translated instantly into any language."
48
"You must, in studying Nature, always consider both each single thing and the whole: nothing is inside and nothing is outside, for what is within is without. Make haste, then, to grasp this holy mystery which is public knowledge.Rejoice in the true illusion, in the serious game: no living thing is a unity, it is always manifold."
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"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true."
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"Like a last signpost to the other path, Napoleon appeared, the most isolated and late-born man there has even been, and in him the problem of the noble ideal as such made flesh--one might well ponder what kind of problem it is; Napoleon this synthesis of the inhuman and the superhuman."
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"Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy."
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"Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation."
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"Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve."
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"The misunderstanding of passion and reason, as if the latter were an independent entity and not rather a system of relations between various passions and desires; and as if every passion did not possess its quantum of reason."
39
"Einer hat immer Unrecht: aber mit zweien beginnt die Wahrheit. Einer kann sich nicht beweisen: aber zweie kann man bereits nicht widerlegen."
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"I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it."
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"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's."
36
"You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge."
36
"We must face honestly the toll that anger and bitterness take on our lives. They are our enemies! The Bible says, “An angry person stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins."
35
"There are truths that are not for all men nor for all times."
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"The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that."
35
"Pride always puts [self] above others-and cuts [itself] off from them as a result. No one likes an arrogant, prideful person."
35
"No clergyman however brilliant, no evangelist no matter how eloquent or compelling, can bring about the revival we need. Only the Holy Spirit can do this."
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"The devil is a master at making us question God and His Word. Twisting Scripture . . . taking a verse out of context . . .deceiving us into thinking God is mean-spirited-these are some of Satan's favorite tricks."
35
"Philosophy is not a theory but an activity."
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"Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do as they say, not as they do."
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"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" - and find that there is no death."
34
"One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many. "Good" is no longer good when one's neighbor mouths it. And how should there be a "common good"! The term contradicts itself: whatever can be common always has little value. In the end it must be as it is and always has been: great things remain for the great, abysses for the profound, nuances and shudders for the refined, and, in brief, all that is rare for the rare."
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"What, then, is truth? A mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms " in short, a sum of human relations, which have been enhanced, transposed, and embellished poetically and rhetorically, and which after long use seem firm, canonical, and obligatory to a people: truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are; metaphors which are worn out and without sensuous power; coins which have lost their pictures and now matter only as metal, no longer as coins."
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"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
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"I loathe it when they [English teachers] are bullied by no-nothing parents or cowardly school boards."
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"Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed."
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"It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise."
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"The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain."
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"In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to usthe treasures of God's mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard."
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"I think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the Bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealousy is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin. So I don't think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today."
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"Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers."
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"Satan has slaughtered, plundered, and bludgeoned his way through the centuries, manifesting himself in every false ideology, sect, and cult."
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"I am not here, I am somewhere else, my body is here but mind is in the sky"
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"The human spirit must prevail over technology."
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"God's will is for us to commit our lives to Christ and follow Him. God's will also is that we avoid sin."
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"To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."
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