Philosopher Quotes

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. - Walter Lippmann

When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind. - Kahlil Gibran

When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities. - Walter Mosley

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. - Diogenes

When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false. - Carl Friedrich Gauss

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats? - Henry David Thoreau

What is most important is growing sustainable cultures, not building sustainable developments or green buildings. We should be thinking in terms of serving our human community first... a philosopher and builder. - John Knott

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! - William James

What do they call a comedian who doesn't get any laughs? A philosopher. - Phil Proctor

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? - Desiderius Erasmus