Philosopher Quotes

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.

The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.

The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source.