A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The elixir of life, the philosopher's stone is yours if you surrender sterile logic, trivial reason. — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
Let us become thoroughly sensible of the weakness, blindness, and narrow limits of human reason: Let us duly consider its uncertainty and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I don't like realism. We already know the real facts about li[fe], most of the basic facts. I'm not interested in repeating… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I'm not a philosopher, Harry," [Michael] said. "But here's something for you to think about, at least. What goes around comes around.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The true philosopher is one who makes people believe that he admires what he does not admire. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep/ Thy heritage, thou eye among the blind. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been… — James Payn Copy Share Image
“I am very much aware of the fact that there would come people who would attempt to proclaim me being a reincarnation… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected… — Plato Copy Share Image
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists,… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
One of the recurring philosophical questions is: 'Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You will find that there is no other difference of opinion as regards any portions of the Universe, except that the philosophers… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
We are often taught to look for the beauty in all things, so in finding it, the layman asks the philosopher while… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The ultimate freedom depends on knowing the ultimate Truth. Truth is not what people say it is, it is what it is.… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them;… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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