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
To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure. J. K. Rowling English Author More J. K. Rowling 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
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
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
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. William James American Philosopher More William James Quotes 0
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking. William James American Philosopher More William James Quotes 0
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! William James American Philosopher More William James Quotes 0
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. Douglas Adams English Writer More Douglas Adams Quotes 0
There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe. Charles Babbage English Mathematician More Charles Babbage Quotes 0
Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease. Anthony Daniels English Actor More Anthony Daniels Quotes 0
The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect. Gilles Deleuze French Philosopher More Gilles Deleuze Quotes 0
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future. Lion Feuchtwanger German Novelist More Lion Feuchtwanger Quotes 0
When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false. Carl Friedrich Gauss German Mathematician More Carl Friedrich Gauss Quotes 0
I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher. Aulus Gellius Roman Author More Aulus Gellius Quotes 0
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. Edward Gibbon English Historian More Edward Gibbon Quotes 0
Only as an individual can man become a philosopher. Karl Jaspers German Psychologist More Karl Jaspers Quotes 0
To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet. Karl Jaspers German Psychologist More Karl Jaspers Quotes 0
The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind. Ernst Mach Austrian Physicist More Ernst Mach Quotes 0
All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 0