32 Quotes by Gabriel Marcel

Il est de toute nécessité que je perde conscience de la réalité individuelle de l'être que je puis être amené à supprimer.

I know by my own experience how, from a stranger met by chance, there may come an irresistible appeal which overturns the habitual perspectives just as a gust of wind might tumble down the panels of a stage set - what had seemed near becomes infinitely remote and what had seemed distant seems to be close.

Je ne peux pas être vraiment en paix avec moi-même si je ne suis pas en paix avec mes frères.

On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.

Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.