Abstract Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

“This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. to him or her, the world…

— Jostein Gaarder

A philosopher ... is not fairly judged by his eccentricities, nor by the frailties to which he is liable; still less should his philosophy…

— John Grier Hibben

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak

Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.

— Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

That’s the interesting thing about the philosophy — to accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small. To exist in the eternal…

— Pete Carroll

A good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously.

— Edward Abbey

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers…

— Thomas Aquinas

The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.

— Gilles Deleuze

He who expects from a great name in politics, in philosophy, in art, equal greatness in other things, is little versed in human nature.…

— William Hazlitt

Philosophy teaches you to think big.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

The philosopher's conception of things will, above all, be truer than other men's, and his philosophy will subordinate all the circumstances of life. To…

— Henry David Thoreau