Philosophy is everybody's business.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

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.

More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

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.

When you are angry, don’t react. Respond with consideration, kindness, and love.

The struggle to keep aroused emotions within proper boundaries is won by putting a conscious leash on them and leading them like junkyard dogs right to the throne of grace

You are not Dostoevsky, ' said the woman...'You never can tell...' he answered.'Dostoevsky is dead, ' the woman said, a bit uncertainly.'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal!

It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.

The mere absence of war is not peace.

I wouldn't say anyone is 100% honest online. I don't see how it's even possible.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

The exceptional life depends not on working harder, but on different, even opposite, actions from habit and the crowd.

The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.

Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.