The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

One of the great questions of philosophy is do we innately have morality or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.

The theoretical understanding of the world which is the aim of philosophy is not a matter of great practical importance to animals or to savages or even to most civilised men.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet namely a dull ending.

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.

My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don't worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.