Philosophy Quotes
The road up and the road down is one and the same.
HeraclitusHeraclitus The ‘control of nature’ is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man.
Rachel CarsonRachel Carson Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
Ayn RandAyn Rand To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Charles DickensCharles Dickens To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
HeraclitusHeraclitus It is not the germs we need worry about. It is our inner terrain.
Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell A philosopher once said, It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results. Well, they don’t!
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but “Can they suffer?
Jeremy BenthamJeremy Bentham Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
David HumeDavid Hume I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling Each portion of matter may be conceived of as a garden full of plants, and as a pond full of fishes. But each branch of the plant, each member of the animal, each drop of its humors, is also such a garden or such a pond.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer