The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts not even to found a school but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity independence magnanimity and trust.
My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.
I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the foreseeable future; however they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few.
There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angels wings.
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.
How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose But musical as is Apollos lute And a perpetual feast of nectard sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns.
In the cathedral at Lubek Germany near the turn of the century was the following inscription: Ye call me master and obey me not; Ye call me light and seek me not; Ye call me way and walk me not; Ye call me wise and follow me not; Ye call me fair and love me not; Ye call me rich and ask me not; Ye call me eternal and seek me not; Ye call me gracious and trust me not; Ye call me noble and serve me not; Ye call me mighty and honor me not; Ye call me just and fear me not; If I condemn you blame me not.
Philosophy when superficially studied excites doubt when thoroughly explored it dispels it.
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.
There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts not even to found a school but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity independence magnanimity and trust.
My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
When I was in school I cheated on my metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
PHILOSOPHY n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.
I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the foreseeable future; however they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few.
In philosophy it is not the attainment of the goal that matters it is the things that are met with by the way.
To the poet to the philosopher to the saint all things are friendly and sacred all events profitable all days holy all men divine.
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.
There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angels wings.
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.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill whats empty. Empty whats full. And scratch where it itches.
How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose But musical as is Apollos lute And a perpetual feast of nectard sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Until they become conscious they will never rebel and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.
Science is what you know philosophy is what you don?t know.
In the cathedral at Lubek Germany near the turn of the century was the following inscription: Ye call me master and obey me not; Ye call me light and seek me not; Ye call me way and walk me not; Ye call me wise and follow me not; Ye call me fair and love me not; Ye call me rich and ask me not; Ye call me eternal and seek me not; Ye call me gracious and trust me not; Ye call me noble and serve me not; Ye call me mighty and honor me not; Ye call me just and fear me not; If I condemn you blame me not.