End Quote by Jon Ronson

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

— Aesop

The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants…

— Elbert Hubbard

The satirist isn't just looking at things ironically but militantly - he wants to change them, and intends to have an effect on the…

— Martin Amis

Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.

— Laozi

Philosophers are all caught up in their philosophies. That's their house of cards. Religious leaders are caught up in their religious movements to the…

— Frederick Lenz

Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved…

— Lin Yutang

Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which…

— George Eliot

The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.

— Henry Adams

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Woe to him whose beliefs play fast and loose with the order which realities follow in his experience; they will lead him nowhere or…

— William James

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

— Wallace Stevens

Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy

— Sugar Ray Leonard