Top Philosophy Quotes

Baseless victimhood is usually the last stage before outright aggression.

Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and a...

Philosophy Definition

(n.) Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.

(n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.

(n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.

(n.) Reasoning; argumentation.

(n.) The course of sciences read in the schools.

(n.) A treatise on philosophy.

...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. He did not believe in princesses, he did not believe in islands, he did not believe in God. His father, the king, told h...

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

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

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

When the world is anxious, choose to be calm.When the world is hopeless, choose to be confident.When the world is troubled, choose to be determined.When the world is gloomy, choose to be optimistic.Wh...

What is humor?' one of their professors had posed, and he had answered, ''nondangerous, unexpectedly inappropriate juxtaposition.

There is only one way to achieve lasting happiness. That is simply: Be happy.

So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or that it shouldn't be read in school because it is irrelevant, or any of the strange and stupid things t...

My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?

Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.

Dear ignorance, I’m disowning you. Dear knowledge, I’m wooing you. Dear understanding, I’m seeking you. Dear wisdom, I’m wedding you.Dear fear, I’m divorcing you. Dear courage, I’m courting you. Dear...

A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably.

A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take out the engine and charge you an arm and a leg, you should conclude that mec...

Whatsoever is outside, know, is Within.

Just last week I was telling a dear friend how I'd rather not exist in a world where toxic thrives. There are so much enmity plaguing this creed, how we hurt others because we think our idea of faith...

Luck always favors those who are bold.

You are a potential genius, so unleash your potential to release your genius.