Denis Diderot Quotes

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them

I'm very passionate about philosophy and religion.

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.

Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal.

Religion deals in certainties and philosophy deals more in un-answered questions.

I've deliberately studied many things that I know, going in, I won't be able to assimilate. I read Plato, St. Thomas, the mystics, to exercise my mind.

I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.

I do not value religion chiefly for its morality.

We cannot infer that because sciences of things divine and human are full of controversies and quarrels, therefore their whole subject-matter is uncertain ; for there have been many persons so enamoured of contradiction, as to turn into ridicule geometrical axioms.

There is no philosophy that is not to some extent also theology.

Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

I'm not a philosopher.

Religion is the eldest sister of philosophy: on whatever subjects they may differ, it is unbecoming in either to quarrel, and most so about their inheritance.

Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.

A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to religion

I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that... we need to be really, really respectful to people who find that ridiculous and... preposterous.

Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.

The knife of historical relativism... which has cut to pieces all metaphysics and religion must also bring about healing.

I took all the philosophy courses I could.

Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.