Philosopher Quotes - Page 36

• On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.

  Victor Hugo

  Wisdom, Les Miserable, Priests

  Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.2609, Delphi Classics

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• The French have never produced a great philosopher. Great wine maybe, but no great philosophers.

  Michael O'Leary

  Wine, Great Wine, Great Philosophers

  "The Saturday interview: Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2011.

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• The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm.

  Bertrand Russell

  Believe, Law, Age

  'Mysticism and Logic' (1919)

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• Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and psychology. He's redefining and reforming the role of the philosopher.

  Marvin Minsky

  Psychology, Roles, Next

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• Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I'm a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I'm unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.

  James Dean

  Heart, Long Ago, People

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• Philosophers say the Soul is double-faced, her upper face gazes at God all the time and her lower face looks somewhat down, informing the senses; and the upper face, which is the summit of the soul, is in eternity and has nothing to do with time: it knows nothing of time or of body.

  Meister Eckhart

  Soul, Looks, Body

  Meister Eckhart (1924). “Meister Eckhart”

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• The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and friend; and is no longer the mere instrument of forcible intellectual feeding.

  Charlotte Mason

  Teacher, Book, Cities

  Charlotte Mason (2013). “Towards a Psychology of Education”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• When we come to understand architecture as the essential nature of all harmonious structure we will see that it is the architecture of music that inspired Bach and Beethoven, the architecture of painting that is inspiring Picasso as it inspired Velasquez, that it is the architecture of life itself that is the inspiration of the great poets and philosophers.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Inspiration, Essentials, Architecture

  Frank Lloyd Wright (1992). “Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1931-1939”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

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• Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he does, he's utterly indifferent to our individual affairs--but we can't let the rabble know that; it's the fear of God, the threat of divine punishment and the promise of divine reward, that keeps in line those too unsophisticated to work out questions of morality on their own.

  Robert J. Sawyer

  Punishment, Work Out, Secret

  Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.146, Macmillan

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• The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses.

  Eric Hoffer

  People, Purpose, Noses

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• The ancient Greeks, poets, authors and philosophers all puzzled over the question but nobody really knows what love is - including me. Longing for another person is an exciting mental experience.

  Nicole Kidman

  Love, Greek, Longing

  "Beyonce's over-the-top Super Bowl demands; Sean Lennon's nasty breakup; Barrymore, 'Friend of the UN'". The Daily Dish, www.sfgate.com. February 06, 2004.

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• It was a saying of an ancient philosopher, which I find some of our writers have ascribed to Queen Elizabeth, who perhaps might have taken occasion to repeat it, that a good face is a letter of recommendation.

  Joseph Addison

  Queens, Taken, Letters

  'The Spectator' no. 221, 13 November 1711.

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• The simple record of these three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the discourses of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.

  William Edward Hartpole Lecky

  Bible, Simple, Years

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• Thinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and exhaust a musical theme? Even after having read the most profound thinkers, one still feels the need to begin anew. Only music gives definitive answers.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Music, Thinking, Giving

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• Yes, it's rather funny, really, that next to no-one realized the snake that Harry set free in Philosopher's Stone turned out to be Voldemort's final Horcrux, Nagini.

  Unknown

  Snakes, Finals, Stones

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• When the mind opens by speaking denials, this true Self that philosophers have so long striven to free shows itself all glorious with wisdom, strength, and holiness...Denial of evil is a word of Truth.

  Myrtle Fillmore

  Self, Long, Evil

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• I know a lot of people who are philosophers and they sit by the river and talk about what that underwater world might look like. And I'll say 'Dive in, man, and go see it. Swim around. You'll be okay.

  Stana Katic

  Men, Rivers, People

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• No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

  William Faulkner

  Victory, Battle, Fool

  "The Sound and the Fury". Third International Edition,

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• Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, World, Matter

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• A writer must always try to have a philosophy and he should also have a psychology and a philology and many other things. Without a philosophy and a psychology and all these various other things he is not really worthy of being called a writer. I agree with Kant and Schopenhauer and Plato and Spinoza and that is quite enough to be called a philosophy. But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.

  Gertrude Stein

  Plato, Philosophy, Psychology

  "Voices: A Memoir". Book by Frederic Prokosch, 1983.

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• "You cannot believe what you are saying." "Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal letters for an ideal nymph, only to plumb with his words the depths of passion. The philosopher tests the coldness of his gaze, to see how far he can undermine the fortress of bigotry."

  Umberto Eco

  Believe, Passion, Nymphs

  "The Island of the Day Before". Book by Umberto Eco, 1994.

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• In addition to pumping the blood of life within our bodies, we may think of the heart as a belief-to-matter translator. It converts the perceptions of our experiences, beliefs, and imagination into the coded language of waves that communicate with the world beyond our bodies. Perhaps this is what philosopher and poet John Mackenzie meant when he stated, "The distinction between what is real and what is imaginary is not one that can be finely maintained ... all existing thing are ... imaginary."

  Gregg Braden

  Real, Heart, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Gregg Braden from Jun 03, 2010

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• It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark within him. Such characterizations infer that man possesses great abilities and potentials. We are frequently admonished to develop our capabilities, reach out, and set high goals for ourselves.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Religious, Men, Generosity

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• A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle. Instead, disagreements are settled by other means which, in extreme cases, inevitably become violent. Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the same is true of philosophers, historians and literary critics.

  Richard Dawkins

  Mean, Fighting, Religion

  "The atheist". Interview with Gordy Slack, www.salon.com. May 1, 2005.

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• By examining the tongue of the patient, physicians find out the diseases of the body, and philosophers the diseases of the mind.

  Justin Martyr

  Attitude, Mind, Physicians

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