A mystery is a problem that encroaches upon itself because the questioner becomes the object of the question. Getting to Mars is a problem.… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
“The atheist relies not on an experience but on an idea, or pseudo idea, of God: if God existed, He would have such and… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
You know you have loved someone when you have glimpsed in them that which is too beautiful to die. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
Hope consists in asserting that there is at the heart of being, beyond all data, beyond all inventories and all calculations, a mysterious principle… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
Being and having in our society teaches us how to take possession of things, when it should rather initiate us in the art of… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share
