--- title: "Inspiring Philosophical Lines" description: "Browse 2,023 Philosophical quotes by 1,151 authors. Discover the best Philosophical sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel_absurd_whatever-happens-every-individual-is-a-c_2631383.png" --- > [Whatever happens, every individual is a child of his time; so philosophy too is its own time apprehended in thoughts. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/whatever-happens-every-individual-is-a-child-of-his-time-so/) [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel_absurd_whatever-happens-every-individual-is-a-c_2631383.png) > [“(Speaking about ponies engaging in a game of running around and chasing a ball with "imaginary riders") Along with everything else about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-trott/speaking-about-ponies-engaging-in-a-game-of-running-around-and/) [Susan Trott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-trott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/susan-trott-49315_chasing_speaking-about-ponies-engaging-in-a-game_3179933.jpg) > [I persist in preferring philosophers to rabbis priests imams ayatollahs and mullahs. Rather than trust their theological hocus-pocus I prefer to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-onfray/i-persist-in-preferring-philosophers-to-rabbis-priests-imams/) [Michel Onfray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-onfray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/michel-onfray-17240_afterlife_i-persist-in-preferring-philosophers-to_315095.jpg) > [This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/this-is-the-fundamental-idea-of-culture-insofar-as-it-sets-but-one/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/friedrich-nietzsche-15_art_this-is-the-fundamental-idea-of-culture_1030543.jpg) > [“Alan Grant: "There are... far too many words written. Millions and millions of them pouring from the presses every minute. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-tey/alan-grant-there-are-far-too-many-words-written-millions-and-millions/) [Josephine Tey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-tey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/josephine-tey-12922_humerous_alan-grant-there-are-far-too-many-words_1044089.jpg) > [It can be shown that a mathematical web of some kind can be woven about any universe containing several objects. The fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-can-be-shown-that-a-mathematical-web-of-some-kind-can-be-woven/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/bertrand-russell-69_containing_it-can-be-shown-that-a-mathematical-web_2611594.jpg) > [Jesus clearly believed in the reality of Satan and other principalities and powers. Now, I have very compelling historical, philosophical, and existential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-a-boyd/jesus-clearly-believed-in-the-reality-of-satan-and-other/) [Gregory A. 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