Form Quote by William James

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

The final arbitrator in philosophy is not how we think but what we do.

— Ian Hacking

All work is an act of philosophy.

— Ayn Rand

“The present importance of the Book of Job cannot be expressed adequately even by saying that it is the most interesting of ancient books.…

— G.K. Chesterton

We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am.

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Charles William Eliot

Philosophy is the microscope of thought.

— Victor Hugo

The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

— Anonymous

If we are to know ourselves, philosophy needs to maintain an ongoing dialogue with the sciences of mind.

— George Lakoff

Philosophy is the product of wonder. The effort after the general characterization of the world around us is the romance of human thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

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

— Alexander Pope

“At the moment when anyone begins to take philosophy seriously, all the world believes the opposite.” —Human, All Too Human, “Assorted Opinions and Maxims,”

— Friedrich Nietzsche