Philosopher Quotes

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It was a saying of an ancient philosopher, which I find some of our writers have ascribed to Queen Elizabeth, who perhaps might have taken… — Joseph Addison
The simple record of these three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the discourses of philosophers… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Thinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and exhaust a musical… — Emile M. Cioran
Yes, it's rather funny, really, that next to no-one realized the snake that Harry set free in Philosopher's Stone turned out to be Voldemort's final… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When the mind opens by speaking denials, this true Self that philosophers have so long striven to free shows itself all glorious with wisdom, strength,… — Myrtle Fillmore
I know a lot of people who are philosophers and they sit by the river and talk about what that underwater world might look like.… — Stana Katic
Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God. — Timothy Keller
"You cannot believe what you are saying." "Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal letters for an… — Umberto Eco
In addition to pumping the blood of life within our bodies, we may think of the heart as a belief-to-matter translator. It converts the perceptions… — Gregg Braden
It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark within him. Such… — Ezra Taft Benson
A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because… — Richard Dawkins
By examining the tongue of the patient, physicians find out the diseases of the body, and philosophers the diseases of the mind. — Justin Martyr
One day, a philosopher asked, "What is the purpose of creation?" "Lovemaking," said the Master. Later, to his disciples, he said, "Before creation, love was.… — Anthony de Mello
I had a friend in college who loved to say: 'If you can dream it, you can do it.' It became my mantra. I assumed… — Michele Gorman
What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet. — John Keats
MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter (see Molecule). The monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation - containing all the powers… — Ambrose Bierce
Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China.… — Hu Shih
Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led him to throw… — Empedocles
As a German philosopher writing in the aftermath of the Nazi regime, Marcuse understood the sleep inducing force of indoctrination, its power to make people… — Daniel Pinchbeck
Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher's stone. — Anton Chekhov

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