Philosopher Quotes

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The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it. — Alfred North Whitehead
Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning. — Alfred North Whitehead
I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. — Marianne Williamson
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is not meant that the artist, in arriving at truth, must follow the way of the scientist, or, in stating it, the way of… — George Edward Woodberry
God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of… — Frank Lloyd Wright
The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he… — Arthur Young
Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist philosopher who celebrated the anguish of decision as a hallmark of responsibility, has no place in Silicon Valley. — Evgeny Morozov
No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am… — Jorge Luis Borges
Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison. — Jonathan Swift
We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time it is carrying… — Robert Anton Wilson
The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by… — Edward Gibbon
Then a miracle occurred in the form of a plate of sandwiches. Geryon took three and buried his mouth in a delicious block of white… — Anne Carson
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it. — Karl Marx
This sort of thing has got to be stopped. Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put them out of business. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head. — Terry Pratchett
It brings joy in sorrow, victory in battle, light to darkness, life to the dead. That is the power of the blood-red jewel which men… — Hiromu Arakawa

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