Philosophy Quote by Pierre Lagrenat — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“In every reckless act, there’s a hidden reckoning; those who tempt fate will find that consequence is a teacher unwilling to spare its students.”

“Whoever gains the power to make you betray reason gains the power to make you betray conscience.”

“Overconfidence blurs the line between ambition and delusion; wisdom lies in knowing the difference.”

“There are no laws, only habits of existence so deep that to break them would require unmaking the world that contains them.”

“Beware those who stand nearest,”

“Imagination is not a talent of some men, but is health of every man.”

“Such Excessive Preoccupation With The Faults Of Others Only Manages To Bring The Spotlight To Shine Bright On Whatever It Is You May Have Hiding Behind All Your Self Perceived Glory.”

“The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.”

“The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason. To such a man the world tends to become definite, finite, obvious; common objects rouse no questions, and unfamiliar possibilities are contemptuously rejected. As soon as we begin to philosophize, on the contrary, we find, as we saw in our opening chapters, that even the most everyday things lead to problems to which only very incomplete answers can be given….”

“Now we’ve a real intellectual impasse. Our reason, which is supposed to make things more intelligible, seems to be making them less intelligible, and when reason thus defeats its own purpose something has to be changed in the structure of our reason itself.”