Quotes

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze; it is written in the language of mathematics.

Each man bears the entire form of the human condition.

To philosophize is to learn to die.

You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

It is not things that disturb us, but our opinions about things.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Character is destiny.

He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.