I should like to meet a philosopher like Nietzsche somewhere in a train or a steamer, and to spend the whole night… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The nature of God is something that is of serious interest to believers, to theologians, and to philosophers. And yet we can't… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
I think that both Mill and Sidgwick are great and admirable philosophers, from whom we still have a lot to learn. I… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! — William James Copy Share Image
When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Theoretical scientists who probe the secrets of the universe and philosophers who seek answers to existence, as well as painters such as… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I have to say that some philosophers such as the late Bernard Williams, and I would include myself in this group, would… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dangerous than a philosopher who wants to change the world — Piero Scaruffi Copy Share Image
Not as men of science , not as critics , not as philosophers , but as little children , shall we enter… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
The classifications made by philosophers and psychologists are like trying to classify clouds by their shape. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
It appears that the solution of the problem of time and space is reserved to philosophers who, like Leibniz, are mathematicians, or… — Hans Reichenbach Copy Share Image
A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
“Being a philosopher, rather than a neophyte in sanctity, Mr. Gaul did not feel it at all incumbent upon him to refrain… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
A century ago mainstream science was still quite happy to countenance vital and mental powers which had a 'downwards' causal influence on… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven and you know who greeted me at the gate? The ole cowboy-philosopher himself,… — Tex Ritter Copy Share Image
In Iran, the women are like Italian women, they rule the house inside. But it's full of life. The history is very… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
“If you opened the dictionary and searched for the meaning of a Goddess, you would find the reflection of a dancing lady.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
