Quotes About Contemplation

Think small.... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.

Poetry is to philosophy what the Sabbath is to the rest of the week.

We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.

I think, therefore I'll think.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.

[P]hilosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.

There's no need to travel anywhere. Journey within yourself.

Without philosophy, action has no meaning.

There is no place in the world, I imagine, for a philosopher with a sense of humor, a new leisure, and an inquiring turn of mind!

All philosophers should end their days at Pythia's feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments.

The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can't shut your mind.

How small a thought it takes to fill a life.

I get a feeling of peace from a low so high, as I sit in my chair and watch life go by.

I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car.

To scorn philosophy is truly to philosophize.

I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while.

Philosophizing is a process of making sense out of experience.

Philosophy is the product of wonder. The effort after the general characterization of the world around us is the romance of human thought.

Philosophy is fundamentally about how you come to terms with living your life and trying to do it in a wise manner, and, for me, that means decently and compassionately and courageously and so forth.

What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?

Philosophy is an act of living.

When I was in my late teens I was already interested in philosophy.