Home / Topics / Philosophy Quotes

Philosophy Quotes

Browse 18200 quotes about Philosophy.

Philosophy Quotes

“Wisdom isn't to know these words. Wisdom isn't to have ideas or philosophies - those are just thoughts. Wisdom is to be that perfect consciousness.”

Knows Ideas Philosophy Wisdom Perfect Consciousness Buddhism Words Of Wisdom Just A Thought

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.”

Men Philosophy Joy Perfect Pursuit Sublime Profitable

Author:Thomas Aquinas

“Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.”

Humans Philosophy Human Beings Perfect Design

Author:Novalis

“The most perfect philosophy of the natural kind only staves off our ignorance a little longer: as perhaps the most perfect philosophy of the moral or metaphysical kind serves only to discover larger portions of it. Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.”

Humans Kind Littles Philosophy Turns Natural Perfect Results Moral Ignorance Weakness Observation Spite Portions Blindness Metaphysical Endeavour Elude

Book:Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

Source: Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

“Everything is subtle. Everything has a million sides. Everything is a manifestation of god. Everything is light. All beings are infinite. All things are perfect, in their own way.”

Way Philosophy Light Sides Perfect Millions All Things Infinite Manifestation Subtle

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Plato, the first true pope of philosophy (sorry, Socrates), argued for a World of Forms above the reality-a transcendent plane of perfect essences, pure and lovely, where nothing ever gets muddy (including the essence of mud.)”

World Firsts Philosophy Reality Form Perfect Pure Essence Sorry Including Lovely Planes Pope Plato Mud Transcendent Muddy

Author:N.D. Wilson

“My mom, she was, she studied chemistry. And later on she changed and majored, she changed later in her career, in her life and studied philosophy and then she did a perfect clash, connection between chemistry and philosophy and she became a witch.”

Philosophy Perfect Careers Changed Mom Connections My Mom Chemistry Witch Clash

Author:Alfonso Cuaron

“Leisure, the highest happiness upon earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude. Indolence and indifference do not always afford leisure; for true leisure is frequently found in that interval of relaxation which divides a painful duty from an agreeable recreation; a toilsome business from the more agreeable occupations of literature and philosophy.”

“I have no perfect panacea for human ills. And even if I had I would not attempt to present a system of philosophy between the soup and fish.”

Ifs Humans Philosophy Perfect Fishes Soup Panacea

Book:As it Seems to Me: Being Some Philistine Essays Concerning Several Things

Source: As it Seems to Me: Being Some Philistine Essays Concerning Several Things

“There is a growing interest in Confucianism in China and other parts of the world. More and more followers of Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies. Confucius' ideals stand true even today. His philosophy on how to be a Junzi or the perfect gentleman is based on the simple ideology of love and tolerance.”

World Philosophy Today Interest Simple Perfect Study Growing Ideals China Deeper Tolerance Ideology Gentleman Followers Advocating Confucianism Perfect Gentleman

Author:Confucius

“Elegant and lucid . . . a pitch-perfect clarion call, issued not with preachy hubris but from a deep place of humility, for awakening to the greatest rewards of living . . . The Road to Character is an essential read in its entirety-Anne Lamott with a harder edge of moral philosophy, Seneca with a softer edge of spiritual sensitivity, E. F. Schumacher for perplexed moderns.”

Philosophy Character Spiritual Perfect Moral Humility Essentials Harder Rewards Edges Awakening Sensitivity Elegant Hubris Entirety Moral Philosophy Perplexed Schumacher Pitch Perfect

Author:Maria Popova

“The only thing Martha and I have in common is that we both used to model. Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live.”

Way Philosophy Life Is Used Perfect Common Design Products Models Mess Messy Being Afraid Picture Perfect

Author:Kathy Ireland

“The Sun Stone, the famous Aztec calendar, is unquestionably a perfect summary of science, philosophy, art and religion.”

Art Philosophy Perfect Sun Stones Calendars Summary Aztec

Author:Samael Aun Weor