Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

Quote by Iris Murdoch

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Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and...

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and...

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is a challenge. Letting go is the...

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is a challenge. Letting go is the...

I'm 99.99% sure that you don't love me back, but it's the 0.01% that keeps...

I'm 99.99% sure that you don't love me back, but it's the 0.01% that keeps...