Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a…

“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.”

— David Hume

“I have lived most of my life as a devotee of the philosophy that a man should not see two sevens in one day,”

— Mackenzi Lee

“It has been known, for forty years now, that the difference between a noble, upright man and a maniacal degenerate can be pinpointed at…

— Stanisław Lem

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it.

— Alexander Pope

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

— Epictetus

In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.

— Alan Watts

My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.

— Ryan Lochte

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.

— Eric Gill

I think my opinion of Hollywood must stem from my own, philosophy as a man.

— Sterling Hayden

Let us become thoroughly sensible of the weakness, blindness, and narrow limits of human reason: Let us duly consider its uncertainty and endless contrarieties,…

— David Hume

The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours…

— David Hume

And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth…

— David Hume

“It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.”

— David Hume

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak