“She sent me a sunny smile, and what a smile, George; it was a smile that could have melted the whole world,… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“We don't learn anything there [school]. The difference between schoolteachers and philosophers us that school-teachers think they know a lot of stuff… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“From the point of view of pure logic or philosophy, there will often be a dialectical tension between two concepts. For example...… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. to him or her,… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“As she closed the gate behind her she noticed her own name on one of the big envelopes. Turning it over, she… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“The faculty of vision can vary from person to person. On the other hand, we can rely on what our reason tells… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“and to be quite frank, that is precisely what we need philosophers for. We do not need them to choose a beauty… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“The earliest Greek philosopher's criticized Homer's mythology because the gods resembled mortals too much and were just as egotistic and treacherous.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“It was rather like having been color-blind. She had seen some shadows but had not seen the clear ideas.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“It is extraordinary to think about. We still speak of Socratic or Platonic philosophy, but actually being Plato or Socrates is quite… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world. And in doing… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow.… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“The truth is that I feel like a ghost already, and I have to catch my breath each time I think about… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“To be more precise: although philosophical questions concern us all, we do not all become philosophers.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“But sorrow can also be contagious. Fear is different. It isn't as communicable as laughter or sadness, and a good thing too.… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Imagine that one day you are out for a walk in the woods. Suddenly you see a small spaceship on the path… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, thirty thousand years ago, there lived a little boy in the Rhine valley. He was a tiny part… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“But what is a person, George? How much is a person worth? Are we nothing but dust that is whipped up and… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Hello again! As you see, this short course in philosophy will come in handy-sized portions.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things. — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Although I've always been easily led by my imagination, I was, and I remain, a rational person.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“I no longer feel the need to see and sense more than I've already experienced. I just want so desperately to hang on what… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
The sophists were as a rule men who had traveled widely and seen different forms of government. Both conventions and local laws in the… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Where did the world come from? The question has an answer, even though I cannot get to it. It is a good question. It… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“As soon as she concentrated on being alive now, the thought of dying also came into her mind.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Po haljini sam mogao da vidim kako njeno telo diše, jer se haljina dizala i spuštala, dizala i spuštala, skoro kao da morski talasi… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy. — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“The German poet Goethe once said that "he who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth." I don't want… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Sophie left the den and wandered about in the large garden. She tried to forget what she had learned at school, especially in science… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A pity, if… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
