Quotes About Philosophy

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its meaning comes from nor where it leads to.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, it is my physic.

The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think

In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage, are permissible.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows us what experimentation without thinking leads to.

Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship or statesmanship to a formula.

I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?

The true science and study of man is man.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.