Philosophy Quotes

"I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it."

"And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning."

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."

"In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason."

"There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane."

"I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly."

"The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life."

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer."

"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."

"The question of whether there exists a supernatural creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think that it is a scientific question. My answer is no."

"It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist."

"God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason."

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

"They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse."

"To think is of itself to be useful it is always and in all cases a striving toward God."

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."

"I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding."

"Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."