Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

My reason for arguing against abolishing these types of sports isn't some kind of lofty, philosophical rationale. It's just that I did it and I… — Jonathan Gottschall
The sole "property" of matter with whose recognition philosophical materialism is bound up is the property of being an objective reality, of existing outside the… — Vladimir Lenin
It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The premise… — Austin Farrer
In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style. — Criss Jami
Philip Kitcher has composed the most formidable defense of the secular view of life since Dewey. Unlike almost all of contemporary atheism, Life After Faith… — Leon Wieseltier
I see no other conceivable strategy for the achievement of liberty than political action. Religious or philosophical conversion of each man and woman is simply… — Murray Rothbard
The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Without doubt, if we are to go back to that ultimate, integral experience, unwarped by the sophistications of theory, that experience whose elucidation is the… — Alfred North Whitehead
Surrogate motherhood has been the subject of much philosophical and political dispute over the years. — Thomas Frank
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. — Sigmund Freud
Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say… — Robert Fripp
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. — Erich Fromm
The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood. — Robert Fulghum
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of… — Mahatma Gandhi
The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. — Theophile Gautier
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking. — Khalil Gibran
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. — Khalil Gibran
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. — Andre Gide
In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from… — W. S. Gilbert
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. — Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. — Confucius
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? — Confucius
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. — Confucius
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. — Confucius

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