Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt. — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Find the god in your own heart and you will understand by direct intuition what all the great teachers, real mystics, true… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Pythagoras, Locke, Socrates - but pages might be filled up, as vainly as before, with the sad usage of all sorts of… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
You can argue with a philosopher, but you can’t argue with a good song. And I think I’ve got a few good… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
Philosophers of science have repeatedly demonstrated that more than one theoretical construction can always be placed upon a given collection of data. — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Everything that is popular, it has been said, deserves the attention of philosophers: and this is for the obvious reason, that although… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion. — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees… — Jan Potocki Copy Share Image
Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When you can't smoke, if you stand and stare out of the window on your own, you're an antisocial, friendless idiot. If… — Rory Sutherland Copy Share Image
All schools of philosophy, and almost all authors, are rather to be frequented for exercise than for weight. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Only the free-wheeling artist-explorer, non-academic, scientist-philosopher, mechanic, economist-poet who has never waited for patron-starting and accrediting of his co-ordinate capabilities holds the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to imagine a philosopher disconnected from the world, indifferent to the cares of his country, unmoved by poverty,… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It is a wonderful thing to see a first-rate philosopher at prayer. Tough-minded thinking and tenderhearted reverence are friends, not enemies. We… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
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