Quotes about philosophy
250 quotes from 124 people
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 4
Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922), 7In philosophy the race is to the one who can run slowest—the one who crosses the finish line last.
Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Culture and Value (1980), p. 40e- Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Culture and Value (1980), p. 98e
George Santayana1863–1952The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy (1911), pp. 48-49Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato429–349 BCTheaetetus, 155d, The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 3, 1871, p. 377
Augustine of Hippo354–430De Libero Arbitrio (388—395)Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true.
Jean Baudrillard1929–2007The Perfect Crime (1993)
Felix Adler1851–1933Life and Destiny (1913), Section 2 : Religion
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel1770–1831Logic, Chapter 1
Alan Watts1915–1973The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966), Inside InformationMultiplicity is only apparent, in truth, there is only one mind…
Erwin Schrödinger1887–1961“The Oneness of Mind”, as translated in Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World’s Great Physicists (1984) edited by Ken WilberYou are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.
Sam Harrisborn 1967Free Will (2012), p. 14There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
