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 5
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 2
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
To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure. J. K. Rowling English Author More J. K. Rowling Quotes 1
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, 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
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
A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent. Alice Stone Blackwell American Journalist More Alice Stone Blackwell Quotes 0
The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic. Morris Raphael Cohen Russian Philosopher More Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes 0
To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher. Arthur Holly Compton American Scientist More Arthur Holly Compton Quotes 0
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. Samuel Taylor Coleridge English Poet More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes 0
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. Nicolaus Copernicus Polish Scientist More Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes 0
The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect. Gilles Deleuze French Philosopher More Gilles Deleuze Quotes 0
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another. Rene Descartes French Mathematician More Rene Descartes Quotes 0
There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. Rene Descartes French Mathematician More Rene Descartes Quotes 0