Philosophy Quote by Kurt Vonnegut — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;”

“The letter said that they were two feet high, and green, and shaped like plumber's friends. Their suction cups were on the ground, and their shafts, which were extremely flexible, usually pointed to the sky. At the top of each shaft was a little hand with a green eye in its palm. The creatures were friendly, and they could see in four dimensions. They pitied Earthlings for being able to see only three. They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time. Billy promised to tell what some of those wonderful things were in his next letter.”

“Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut? Why don't you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon?”

“When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is "So it goes.”

“Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.”

“To call yourself a “realistic” person is intensely arrogant and naïve.”

“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.”

“He was free, free in every way, free to behave like a fool or a machine, free to accept, free to refuse, free to equivocate; to marry, to give up the game, to drag this death weight about with him for years to come. He could do what he liked, no one had the right to advise him, there would be for him no Good or Evil unless he thought them into being.”

“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”

“Some truths don’t need to be spoken — they echo in silence, between the words we never dared to say.”

“One must not avoid Schopenhauer. One should read him and then overcome him. It is the ladder that you must get rid of once you reach the top.”