The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word.… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Since Pawlow and his pupils have succeeded in causing the secretion of saliva in the dog by means of optic and acoustic… — Jacques Loeb Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
And that, in a way, was the burden of being a philosopher: one knew what one had to do, but it was… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
As our domestic fowls are said to have their original in the wild pheasant of India, so our domestic thoughts have their… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I am neither a philosopher nor a thinker, but simply follower of my own thoughts.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
I think that for thousands of years people have made the observation that there are certain kinds of extreme depressive states that… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
The idea that God resides in the unknown is what philosophers call the God of the gaps. And we have this thing… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Every man who is not a monster, a mathematician, or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If experiments are performed thousands of times at all seasons and in every place without once producing the effects mentioned by your… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
A high place of honor, although doubtless one to be obtained only after enduring the pangs of a prolonged crucifixion, awaits that… — George Trumbull Ladd Copy Share Image
There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and… — Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Copy Share Image
It is thus hardly surprising that so many of the great minds in recent history have concerned themselves with economic matters. Indeed,… — Paul Zane Pilzer Copy Share Image
Mystical experiences (unlike scientific conclusions) cannot be communicated from one person to another. Philosophers and little children are continually amazed that we,… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
The really royal calling of the philosopher (as expressed by Alcuin the Anglo-Saxon): To correct what is wrong, and strengthen the right,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
