Please if possible try to find who said them. Can also be quotting books
2007-01-02 10:11:21 · 15 answers · asked by joe b 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
My favorite, from The Accident, by Elie Wiesel:
"Yes, God needs man. Condemned to eternal solitude, he made man only to use him as a toy, to amuse himself. That's what philosophers and poets refused to admit: in the beginning there was neither the Word, nor Love, but laughter, the roaring, eternal laughter whose echoes are more deceitful than the mirages of the desert."
Not sure if it's philosophical, but I view philosophy as something to make you think, and that one sure gets me thinking.
2007-01-02 10:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by Mandi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates
A witty saying proves nothing. Voltaire
If God did not exist, it would be neccessary to invent him. Voltaire
Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. Nietzche
Benefits must be conferred gradually so they are appreciated more thoroughly and harm should be inflicted all at once. Both harm and benefits should not serve as quick solutions to problems. Machiavelli
2007-01-02 10:41:19 · answer #2 · answered by lustatfirstbite 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.
2007-01-02 10:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by reclaimer456 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HUNC IGITUR TERROREM ANIMI TENEBRASQUE NECESSEST NON RADII SOLIS NEQUE LUCIDA TELA DIEI DISCUTIANT, SED NATURAE SPECIES RATIOQUE.
This terror and darkness of the mind must be dispelled not by rays of the sun or the shining shafts of day but by the outward appearance and inner rationale of nature.
Lucretius
2007-01-02 14:13:54 · answer #4 · answered by Baron VonHiggins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backward." Soren Kierkegaard
2007-01-02 10:23:51 · answer #5 · answered by hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody is complaining on their memory but nobody is complaining on their intelligence.
(I am not sure how to spell the name of the author, but I shall try:
Duke de la Rochfucott)
2007-01-02 10:23:33 · answer #6 · answered by paloma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can tell more about a person by what they say of others rather than what others say of them.
2007-01-02 10:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by Kitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not the time ypou dig them its the time you earn your way. french telepacts page 14 i think
2007-01-02 10:19:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it feels good, do it to me
And if it feels good ,just let it be
and if it feels right don't do it wrong
if you feel like it sing you this song
George Greene Jr
2007-01-02 10:29:16 · answer #9 · answered by George G 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Norman Vincent Peale said; you can IF you think you can.
2007-01-02 10:14:34 · answer #10 · answered by lefang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋