Philosophy Quotes - page 3

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. (Plato)
The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality. View quote
William Winwood Reade
During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms. View quote
Johannes V. Jensen
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion, everyday acts of compassion. In South Africa they have a phrase called ubuntu. Ubuntu comes out of a philosophy that says, the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me. View quote
Chris Abani
Philosophy is common sense with big words. View quote
James Madison
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture. View quote
Thomas Paine
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. View quote
Dag Hammarskjöld
The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
It accords with the most liberal spirit of philosophy to suppose that not a stone can fall, or a plant rise, without the immediate agency of divine power. View quote
Thomas Malthus
One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. (Friedrich Schlegel)
A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of economic philosophy, will give each new generation no peace until all have chosen or gone under, unable t. View quote
Margaret Mead
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. View quote
Epictetus
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. View quote
Alfred North Whitehead
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery. View quote
Henry Miller
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think. View quote
Emil Cioran
Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy! View quote
Emil Cioran
My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around. View quote
Richard Branson
Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Csar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy. View quote
Joseph Addison
My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons. (Gene Simmons)
If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy. View quote
Chrysippus
This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey. View quote
Oliver Goldsmith
Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion – they're two words which are both ... different. In spelling. View quote
Eddie Izzard
Jared, allow me to share with you my philosophy of human beings. It can be summed up in four words: I like good people. View quote
John Scalzi