Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be…

...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when…

— Aristotle

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers…

— Anonymous

“We are lovers of beauty without extravagance, and lovers of wisdom without unmanliness. Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the…

— Morris Raphael Cohen

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry,…

— Deepak Chopra

It's not just that there is a cooperative spirit of investigation there, where we all recognise that we are engaged in a common project…

— Hilary Kornblith

It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths. One follows Nature…

— Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Grant that the idea of God is the most splendid single act of the creative human imagination, and that all his multiple faces and…

— Katherine Anne Porter

Unless there exist peculiar institutions for the support of such inquirers, or unless the Government directly interfere, the contriver of a thaumatrope may derive…

— Charles Babbage

When children ask you questions about gray hairs, and wrinkles in the face, and sighs that have no words, and smiles too bright to…

— Joseph Parker

The New York Times has had fake stories. CBS has had fake stories. And now Newsweek had a fake story. You realize the only…

— Jay Leno

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

— John Adams

Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer.

— Studs Terkel

But medicine has long had all its means to hand, and has discovered both a principle and a method, through which the discoveries made…

— Hippocrates