Quotes about Philosophy
4) But only man knows consciously and rationally, and only man's loves can be conscious and rational and responsible through free will.
— Peter Kreeft
the doctrine of anamnesis: that all learning-that is, all learning of eternal truths-is really a remembering
— Peter Kreeft
angelism, confusing man with an angel by denying his likeness to animals, and animalism, confusing man with an animal by denying his likeness to angels.
— Peter Kreeft
More accurately stated, man is not both angel and animal because he is neither angel nor animal; he is between angels and animals, a unique rung on the cosmic ladder.
— Peter Kreeft
We must distinguish the act of faith from the object of faith, believing from what is believed.
— Peter Kreeft
Aristotle had discovered only half the principle of inertia—that a body at rest remains at rest unless moved by another—but not the other half—that a body in motion remains in motion unless acted on by another.
— Peter Kreeft
I chose God over the material universe.
— Philip K. Dick
It reminds us of a statement attributed to Voltaire: "God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to return the favor ever since".
— David Jeremiah
Among some of the famous men educated by the Jesuits we find Bossuet, Corneille, Molière, Tasso, Fontenelle, Diderot, Voltaire, and Bourdaloue, himself a Jesuit.
— Ignatius of Loyola
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
— Confucius
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
— Confucius
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
— Confucius