Author of quotes: Andre Comte-Sponville

All our philosophers, at least the most important ones, are moralists.

We are mistaken in thinking that happiness is something natural. We must cultivate a taste for life in ourselves.

... love is the alpha and omega of virtues ...

Life has value only for the one who loves life. It is love that makes us live, making life dear to the heart. The love of life is indeed our salvation, and therefore it is not worth the effort to save love.

Since good does not exist, good deeds must be done.

Fidelity is something thanks to which and through which it is possible for values and virtues to exist in general ... to be faithful ... does not mean refusing to change our opinion ... does not imply raising our own opinion to the rank of absolute ... this means that we agree to change our position solely under influenced by reliable and convincing arguments.

... as a student, carefully studying Greek philosophy, I felt an existential interest in philosophy as an art of living, as a means of being happy, being in reality, not in illusions.

Philosophy did not remove all the bitterness from my life, it is impossible, but it helped me to feel this taste better. This is its purpose. Wisdom does not consist in loving happiness - no philosophy is needed for this - but in loving life as it is - happy, unhappy, bitter, sweet ... And the more clearly we feel its fragility, the more valuable it becomes she is for us.