Philosopher Quotes

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When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath.… — Sylvia Plath
Philosophy and science have not always been friendly toward the idea of God, the reason being they are dedicated to the task of accounting for… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
This principle of nature being very remote from the conceptions of Philosophers, I forbore to describe it in that book, least I should be accounted… — Isaac Newton
Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and… — Richard P. Feynman
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. — Bertrand Russell
Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately… — Jostein Gaarder
In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a… — Frank McCourt
No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism.… — C.S. Lewis
This is how philosophers should salute each other: â€˜Take your time. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think,… — Megan Whalen Turner
... the only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder... — Jostein Gaarder
There was a Greek philosopher who taught that, of all things, not to have been born is the sweetest state. But I believe sleep is… — Joyce Carol Oates
Reuven listen to me. The Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember… — Chaim Potok
As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as… — Simone de Beauvoir
after all the work of the philosophers on his soul and the doctors on his body, what can we really say we know about a… — Lawrence Durrell
He raged for hours. And the skeleton, ever the frail and solelmn philosopher, hung quietly inside, saying not a word, suspended like a delicate insect… — Ray Bradbury
The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of… — Khalil Gibran
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll.... It does not mean that everything in life is relative. — Albert Einstein
Earnsha was not to be civilized with a wish, and my young lady was no philosopher, and no paragon of patience; but both their minds… — Emily Bronte

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