Motivation Quote by Ryan Holiday

Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.

— Alan Watts

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

— Lev Shestov

Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit…

— Seneca the Younger

Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Intellect, will, taste, and passion co-operate…

— William James

“He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes…

— Aldous Huxley

“There are only a few natural forces in this world that can make a rational man go against his judgment: love and greed.”

— Albie Cullen

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

— Charles William Eliot

Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

— Epictetus

“we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. You can hardly open a periodical without coming across the statement that…

— C.S. Lewis

When one begins to reflect on philosophy—then philosophy seems to us to be everything, like God, and love. It is a mystical, highly potent,…

— Novalis

“Philosophy is about picking up an idea or a combination of ideas, then, like a toddler with its toys - twisting, turning, pulling, arranging,…

— Monaristw