Quotes on philosophy
Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel.
Unknown, Author
Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.
Huxley, Aldous
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Russell, Bertrand
My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
Alcott, Louisa May
A little more than kin, and less than kind.
Shakespeare, William
Philosophy is nothing but common sense in a dress suit.
Unknown, Author
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of another boy.
Allen, Woody
And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.
Aristotle
Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.
Proverb, Zen
To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.
Nietzsche, Friedrich
The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word "fuck."
Unknown, Author
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
Chamfort, Nicolas
Art, science, philosophy, religion - each offers at best only a crude simplification of actual living experience.
Abbey, Edward
How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?
Allen, Woody