Philosopher Quotes

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.
Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.
Love without conversation is impossible.
Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.
One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.
The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.
The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.
Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.
There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It is when they are in love and reading a love letter.
Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.
Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.
Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts we are well assured that the truth which has made us free, will in the end make us glad also.
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.
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