Philosophy Quotes

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

I believe, in order to understand.

To love God is to desire the good of God.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.

The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.

I speak to myself more than I speak to others.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Sapere aude! Have courage to use your own understanding!

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.