Philosopher Quotes

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A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after - and their subtleties make most of the great European philosophers… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The classifications made by philosophers and psychologists are like trying to classify clouds by their shape. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract thought, but because… — Will Self
Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring… — Epictetus
The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool. — Honore de Balzac
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called nominalist, an instrumentalist,… — Stephen Hawking
An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately,… — Anatole France
A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not… — Leszek Kolakowski
The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it. — Christopher McDougall
The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great a grace this… — Richard J. Foster
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form… — Glenn T. Seaborg
A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance. — Cristobal Balenciaga
It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees it every day.… — Jan Potocki
A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his thoughts,… — Mark Forsyth
Ask yourself whether you are happy', observed the philosopher John Stuart Mill, 'and you cease to be so.' At best, it would appear, happiness can… — Oliver Burkeman
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a less respectable novelist… — Claudia Roth
And Numenius, the Pythagorean philosopher, expressly writes: 'For what is Plato, but Moses speaking in Attic Greek.' — Clement of Alexandria
The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said that philosophy went downhill after Democritus and did not recover until the Renaissance. — Leon M. Lederman
Theoretical scientists who probe the secrets of the universe and philosophers who seek answers to existence, as well as painters such as Paul Klee who… — Wynn Bullock
An army of philosophers would not be sufficient to change the nature of error and to make it truth. — Averroes

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