Philosopher Quotes

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Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors. — Jim Rohn
It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as… — Salman Rushdie
A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with… — Bertrand Russell
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been… — Bertrand Russell
The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for… — Marquis de Sade
Decades ago, Gerhard Richter found a painterly philosopher's stone. Like Jackson Pollock before him, he discovered something that had been in painting all along, always… — Jerry Saltz
Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. — George Santayana
The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper… — George Santayana
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically. — Jean-Paul Sartre
One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. — Baruch Spinoza
I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played. — Mattie Stepanek
The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. — Wallace Stevens
Most mothers are instinctive philosophers. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. — Henry David Thoreau
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be. — Henry David Thoreau

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