Believe Quote by Anonymous

My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I'm not a sad man, and I don't believe I sadden anyone else.

— Antonio Machado

My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I’m not a sad man, and I don’t believe I sadden anyone else. In other words, the fact…

— Antonio Machado

The use of philosophy is to sadden. A philosophy which saddens no one, that annoys no one, is not a philosophy. It is useful…

— Gilles Deleuze

“Philosophy does not serve the State or the Church, who have other concerns. It serves no established power. The use of philosophy is to…

— Gilles Deleuze

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

— Nana Mouskouri

Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair.

— Bertrand Russell

Philosophy seems to me on the whole a rather hopeless business.

— Bertrand Russell

Personally, I didn't think there was anything wrong with sadness. Just the opposite – hypocrisy made people happy and truth made them sad.

— Anonymous

Despite its successes, in the end, philosophical thinking always falls short of its real goal. It involves both the wonder of aspiring toward the…

— John Marmysz

Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a…

— Emile Durkheim

Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.

— Stephen Fry

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,…

— Deepak Chopra