Philosophy Quote by Graham Greene — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“We are all resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.”

“The truth, he thought, has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.”

“I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.”

“He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death.”

“You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.”

“Nothing in life was as ugly as death.”

“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”

“In this lifetime”

“People ought to fight”

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

“Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.”

“I was at ease in everything, to be sure, but at the same time satisfied with nothing. Each joy made me desire another. I went from festivity to festivity. On occasion I danced for nights on end, ever madder about people and life. At times, late on those nights when the dancing, the slight intoxication, my wild enthusiasm, everyone’s violent unrestraint would fill me with a tired and overwhelmed rapture, it would seem to me—at the breaking point of fatigue and for a second’s flash—that at last I understood the secret; I would rush forth anew. I ran on like that, always heaped with favors, never satiated, without knowing where to stop, until the day -- until the evening rather when the music stopped and the lights went out.”