To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher. Blaise Pascal French Philosopher More Blaise Pascal Quotes 8
The man of science is a poor philosopher. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 4
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates Greek Philosopher More Socrates Quotes 1
For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent. Giacomo Casanova Italian Celebrity More Giacomo Casanova Quotes 1
I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I have regarded man as the criterion of truth, and not this or that founder of a system, and have from the first placed the highest excellence of the philosopher in this, that he abstains, both as a man and as an author, from the ostentation of philosophy, i.e., that he is a philosopher only in reality, not formally, that he is a quiet philosopher, not a loud and still less a brawling one. Ludwig Feuerbach More Ludwig Feuerbach Quotes 1
And therefore the Philosopher [Aristotle] says in Metaphysics VI that good and evil, which are objects of the will, are in things, but truth and error, which are objects of the intellect, are in the mind. St. Thomas Aquinas More St. Thomas Aquinas Quotes 1
Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not. Stephen Vizinczey More Stephen Vizinczey Quotes 0
We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone. Viggo Mortensen American Actor More Viggo Mortensen Quotes 0
The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish: it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected. William Makepeace Thackeray Indian Author More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes 0
I think a future flight should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher we might get a much better idea of what we saw. Michael Collins Irish More Michael Collins Quotes 0
According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat. Moliere French Actor More Moliere Quotes 0
A philosopher who adopts scientific notions predetermines his conclusions. Nicolas Gomez Davila Colombian Writer More Nicolas Gomez Davila Quotes 0
The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it. Oliver Goldsmith Irish Essayist More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes 0
One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war. Robert D. MacDonald More Robert D. MacDonald Quotes 0
Epictetus was a peasant child born about 50 A.D. who grew up to be a well-known Stoic philosopher, ... In modern buzz-word speak, he was the inventor of 'What people think of me is none of my business.' So I got really hooked on him. Rodney Crowell More Rodney Crowell Quotes 0
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. St. Thomas Aquinas More St. Thomas Aquinas Quotes 0
The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone. Paul Celan Romanian Poet More Paul Celan Quotes 0
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. Thomas Aquinas Italian Theologian More Thomas Aquinas Quotes 0
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. Thomas Aquinas Italian Theologian More Thomas Aquinas Quotes 0
The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment. Daniel Bell American Sociologist More Daniel Bell Quotes 0
The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant. Julien Benda French Philosopher More Julien Benda Quotes 0
The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. Gilbert K. Chesterton English Writer More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes 0
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. Ambrose Bierce American Journalist More Ambrose Bierce Quotes 0
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it. Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 0