“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”— Thomas Paine, amazon.com
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”— Rene Descartes, amazon.com
“In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.”— Timothy Leary, books.google.com
“And a new philosophy emerged called quantum physics, which suggest that the individual’s function is to inform and be informed. You really exist only when you’re in a field sharing and exchanging information. You create the realities you inhabit.”— Timothy Leary, books.google.com
“No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.”— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, amazon.com
“This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.”— Orson Scott Card, amazon.com
“...there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do...Well, a philosopher can always contradict other philosophers.”— William James, theatlantic.com
“One will weave the canvas; another will fell a tree by the light of his ax. Yet another will forge nails, and there will be others who observe the stars to learn how to navigate. And yet all will be as one. Building a boat isn’t about weaving canvas, forging nails, or reading the sky. It’s about giv…”— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, amazon.com
“We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It’s our own concept—our own selves—that we love.”— Fernando Pessoa, amazon.com
“We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.”— Rene Descartes, twitter.com
“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, amazon.com
“The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.”— Bertrand Russell, amazon.com
“I’m not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don’t like answering their questions.”— Louis Sachar, amazon.com
“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.”— Dalai Lama, amazon.com
“There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.”— Salvador Dalí, amotlpaa.org