Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know
Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands
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
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned
What do you know and how do you know it
No sooner do we depart from sense and instinct to follow reason but we are insensibly drawn into uncouth paradoxes, difficulties, and inconsistencies, which multiply and grow upon us as we advance in speculation; till at length, having wandered through many intricate mazes, we find ourselves just where we were, or, which is worse, sit down in a forlorn scepticism
To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize
Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines
I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names
My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not you'll become a philosopher
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities
Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation
If we did not bring to the examinations of our instincts a knowledge of their comparative dignity we could never learn it from them
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher
He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility
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