The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.

And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and forget his griefs, or for pastime and amusement.

My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not find them while I live.

It is not the shilling I give you that counts, but the warmth that it carries with it from my hand.

If a philosopher is not a man, he is anything but a philosopher; he is above all a pedant, and a pedant is a caricature of a man.

Philosophy fulfills the need to create for ourselves a single and complete concept of the world and of life.

The tears of anguish irritate and excite; but those of repentance are the ones that wash.