Philosophy Quote by Seyyed Hossein Nasr — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Furthermore, in the 13th/19th century philosophy began to see itself as a complete replacement for religion as one can see in the rise of the very idea of ideology at that time, a term used widely today even by Muslims who rarely realize the essentially secular and anti-religious character of the very concept of ideology which has gradually come to replace traditional religion in so many circles.”

“I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.”

“Death as the destruction of all things no longer had meaning when life was revealed to be a fatuous sequence of empty words, the hollow jingle of a jester’s cap and bells.”

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”

“The most fragile thing in the world is trust, and yet it carries nations.”

“Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.”

“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.”