Application Quote by David Hume

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

— Anonymous

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges…

— John Quincy Adams

The great benefit of philosophy, which is also its great weakness, is that all its steps are taken in the spirit of doubt.

— Roger Scruton

Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.

— William Moulton Marston

Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

knowledge of our duties is the most useful part of philosophy.

— Richard Whately

“by simple way to give maximal benefit”

— Charlie Ruud

For the purpose of acquiring gain, everything else is pushed aside or thrown overboard, for example, as is philosophy by the professors of philosophy.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“beneficial results possible. They become the basis of a person’s character, creating an empowering center of correct maps from which an individual can effectively…

— Stephen R. Covey

Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.

— John Henry Newman

Man's Chief purpose is the creation and preservation of values; that is what gives meaning to our civilization, and the participation in this is…

— Lewis Mumford

“To produce a primary [karmic] cause which is potentially capable of having an effect, three things are necessary: intention, the actual action, and then…

— Chögyal Namkhai Norbu