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Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold…

— Anonymous

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

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry,…

— Deepak Chopra

People who turn to philosophy expecting to harvest a crop of formulas of wisdom or understanding do not understand-philosophy has such things, but they…

— Kenny Smith

The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

— Bryan Magee

Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.

— Edmund Husserl

Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can't see anything.

— Gottfried Leibniz

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

...somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.

— Brandon Sanderson

One of the most difficult tasks confronting philosophers is to descend from the world of thought to the actual world.

— Karl Marx

Philosophy teaches us to look at the world again. It brings out at a theoretical level what all plain, common, ordinary people, in a…

— Simon Critchley

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

— George Santayana