When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth
Albert Einstein
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed
Blaise Pascal
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
Albert Einstein
Never judge a philosophy by its abuse
Saint Augustine
All men desire to know
Aristotle
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old
Epicurus
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Aristotle
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes
Phillip Guedala
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant
Edgar Allan Poe
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things
Epictetus
Philosophy is the highest music
Plato
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open
Ludwig Wittgenstein
According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
Moliere
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it
Francis Bacon
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity
Ludwig Wittgenstein