Karl Jaspers Quotes

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.

Philosophy is for the few.

Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

Quite early on, and certainly since I started writing, I found that philosophical questions occupied me more than any other kind. I hadn't really thought of them as being philosophical questions, but one rapidly comes to an understanding that philosophy's only really about two questions: 'What is true?' and 'What is good?'

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.

Indu'd With sanctity of reason.

Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

I'm very passionate about philosophy and religion.

Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.

One of the great problems of philosophy is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is; values are what ought to be.

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read 'wildly,' and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

For me, the only sources of moral values are the pursuit of understanding and the pursuit of happiness.

I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philosophy books, annoying my girlfriend with that type of stuff.