Behinds Quote by Mignon McLaughlin

“Philosophy cannot be taught. Philosophy is the union of all acquired knowledge and the genius that applies it: philosophy is the shining cloud upon…

— Alexandre Dumas

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it.

— Alexander Pope

'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who…

— Plato

“But as to honour, justice, wisdom, and learning, they should not be taxed at all; because they are qualifications of so singular a kind,…

— Jonathan Swift

“The business of philosophy is to teach man to live in uncertainty... not to reassure him, but to upset him.”

— Lev Shestov

'The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin!' Mark Twain

— Andrew Guzaldo

A philosophy can only be a route to knowledge. It cannot be knowledge crammed down one's throat. If one has a route, he can…

— L. Ron Hubbard

“We dont study philosophy, we rather do it.”

— William Lawhead

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means,…

— Voltaire

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.

— Eric Gill

Philosophy is an act of living.

— Plutarch