Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves. — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
No matter how much we may study, it is not possible to come to know God unless we live according to His… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
It is now no mystery that some quite influential philosophers were mentally ill. — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
“Many millions of pregnancies—many if not most of which have each led to the birth of at least one child—were each used… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Stop waiting for others to change. Recognize that every person has the right to be whatever they choose-even if you irritate yourself… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion. — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
It has often been said, and certainly not without justification, that the man of science is a poor philosopher. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science.… — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When we meet with better fare than was expected, the disappointment is overlooked even by the unscrupulous. When we meet with worse… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Herbert Spencer is little read now. Philosophers do not regard him as a major thinker. Social Darwinism has long been in disrepute. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
For us scientists, on the other wing, life is not quite so simple. Because we learn the unknown. Unlike, hah-hah, our esteemed… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
We certainly have to have a view about knowledge in order to decide whether some version of foreknowledge is necessary for inquiry… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up… — Gino Severini Copy Share Image
No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking. — William James Copy Share Image
It is good to renew one's wonder, said the philosopher. Space travel has again made children of us all. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Wittgenstein imagined that the philosopher was like a therapist whose task was to put problems finally to rest, and to cure us… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image