Philosophy Quote by Barbara Kingsolver — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Awareness is everything. Hallie once pointed out to me that people worry a lot more about the eternity *after* their deaths than the eternity that happened before they were born. But it's the same amount of infinity, rolling out in all directions from where we stand.”

“God is in the details, the completely unnecessary miracles sometimes tossed up as stars to guide us.”

“Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.”

“A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.”

“Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.”

“Listen: being dead is not worse than being alive. It is different though. You could say the view is larger.”

“I prefer for 'my world' to have the highest certification of being a faithful representation of the exterior world.”

“[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth.”

“The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself.”

“If you use a philosophy education well, you can get your foot in the door of any industry you please. Industries are like the blossoms on a tree while philosophy is the trunk - it holds the tree together, but it often goes unnoticed.”

“If you change who you are to suit other people, you may end up dressed for the wrong occasion”

“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”