Body Quote by Jonathan Swift

There are very few original thinkers in the world; the greatest part of those who are called philosophers have adopted the opinions of some…

— Dugald Stewert

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined…

— Morris Raphael Cohen

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

— Anton Chekhov

“Their [philosophers] thinking is, in fact, far less a discovery than a re-recognizing, a remembering, a return and a home-coming to a far-off, ancient…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.

— Denis Diderot

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm…

— Elias Canetti

“[...] the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely…

— René Descartes

We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been almost entirely…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

— George Santayana

“Go on philosophers--teach, enlighten, kindle, think aloud, speak up, run joyfully toward broad daylight, fraternize in the public squares, announce the glad tidings, lavish…

— Victor Hugo

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

Some philosophers see into themselves, and some into their times; still others forge an alliance with the future.

— David Berlinski