Quotes About Philosophy

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life.

Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it.

The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom.

Philosophy, the love of Wisdom, is at the very bottom defence against the incomprehensible.

The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.

Socialism is a dead horse.

Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.

Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.

A free man thinks of nothing less than of death; and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.

Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.

True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.

If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.