Quotes about Philosophy

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

Some people spend their time reasoning and thinking out everything, and so anything that cannot be fully understood, they will not accept. We call these people 'intellectuals.'

Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.

"Lord bless you!" said Mr. Omer, resuming his pipe, "a man must take the fat with the lean; that's what he must make up his mind to, in this life. "

A scholar's pen is more valuable than a warrior's sword.

A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.

Life cannot arise spontaneously but comes only from preexisting life.

It was lucky I came from City; I'd say their philosophy is quite similar. Barcelona are a lot more advanced because they are the ones who created it, but they have a history of members of staff at Manchester City who worked here.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.

Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.