philosophy Quotes

“Awakening of Western thought will not be complete until that thought steps outside itself and comes to an understanding with the search for a world-view as this manifests itself in the thought of mankind as a whole.”

“World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.”

“Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.”

“I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.”

“Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.”

“The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking.”

“Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life”

“The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life,... ...

“Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its branches.”

“The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.”