Philosophy

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

Albert Einstein

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

Marcus Aurelius

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

Thomas Jefferson

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

Saint Augustine

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Albert Einstein

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Thomas Jefferson

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.