Philosophy Quotes

"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous"

"People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind"

"All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy"

"Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy"

Christopher Hitchens, Author

"They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch"

Marquis de Sade, Novelist

"The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man"

Marquis de Sade, Novelist

"Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors"

Jim Rohn, Businessman

"To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy"

William Ralph Inge, Clergyman

"Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy"

Thomas Hobbes, Philosopher

"I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate"

Garry Shandling, Comedian

"Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things"

Marcel Proust, Author

"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"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

"Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership"

Jerzy Kosinski, Novelist

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness"

Dalai Lama, Leader

"Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal"

Al Goldstein, Publisher

"In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way"

Henry Ellis, Psychologist

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness"

Dalai Lama, Leader

"The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions"

George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

"I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

"Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy"

Tertullian, Author

"In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach"

Dean Inge, Philosopher

"The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's"

Dean Inge, Philosopher

"I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong"

Charles Kuralt, Journalist

"I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio"

Arne Jacobsen, Architect

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water"

John W. Gardner, Educator

"Astonishment is the root of philosophy"

Paul Tillich, Theologian

"Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant"

Edgar Allan Poe, Poet

"Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination"

George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

"I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life"

Martha Beck, Author

"I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights"

Clarence Thomas, Judge

"I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists"

Brian Ferneyhough, Composer

"Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time"

Merlin Olsen, Athlete

"As the new spirituality begins to become the pervasive spirituality of the planet, we'll find that we have abandoned our philosophy of contradictions in which we say we're all one but continue to try to win"

Neale Donald Walsch, Author

"The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered"

Don Bluth, Artist

"What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy"

Samuel Alexander, Philosopher

"The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence"

Joseph Rotblat, Physicist

"Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy"

Ernestine Rose, Activist

"When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy"

David Cronenberg, Director

"The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion"

Herman Hesse, Author

"Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

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