Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane. — Robert Breault
Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind. — John Lancaster Spalding
Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed? — Antonio Porchia
I was once a skeptic but was converted by the two missionaries on either side of my nose. — Robert Breault
He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time… — Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us. — Soren Kierkegaard
The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death. — Heraclitus
The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms for… — Don Kates
Creationists often appeal to the facts of science to support their view, and evolutionists often appeal to philosophical assumptions from outside science. — Jonathan Sarfati
Being a philosophical naturalist does not mean that one thinks that science can provide all of the answers. That is scientism and that is wrong.… — Michael Ruse
During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important a contribution to human progress as did the Arabs, if… — Unknown Author
We have embarked globally on a path of unsustainable development. Our lifestyles, the way we produce goods and services, are all part of a system… — Rajendra K. Pachauri
Letting a maximum number of views be heard regularly is not just a nice philosophical notion. It is the best way any society has yet… — Ben Bagdikian
In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will make… — John Szarkowski
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the… — David Hume
Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality. — Bill McKibben
The greatness of Christianity did not lie in attempted negotiations for compromise with any similar philosophical opinions in the ancient world, but in its inexorable… — Adolf Hitler
These enemies of divine revelation extol human progress to the skies, and with rash and sacrilegious daring would have it introduced into the Catholic religion… — Pope Pius IX
An examination of Indian Vedic doctrines shows that it is in tune with the most advanced scientific and philosophical thought of the West. — Sir John Woodroffe
No one is laughable who laughs at himself. — Seneca the Younger
Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the exercise… — Joseph Story
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Cautiousness in judgment is nowadays to be recommended to each and every one: if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the… — Charles Baudelaire

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