I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
John Adams - Keyword(s): , Politics , Sons , War

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.
Anonymous - Keyword(s): , Religion

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Francis Bacon - Keyword(s): , Religion

Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.
Sam Harris - Keyword(s): Atheism , World , Principles

History is philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides - Keyword(s): History

Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.
Christopher Hitchens - Keyword(s): Religion , History , Literature

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
David Hume - Keyword(s): , Religion

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
Plato - Keyword(s):

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Ambrose Bierce - Keyword(s): College , Morality , Sports

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
C.S. Lewis - Keyword(s):

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
Abraham Lincoln - Keyword(s):

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates - Keyword(s): Marriage , Good , Bad

Not fact-finding, but attainment to philosophy is the aim of science.
Martin H. Fischer - Keyword(s): , Science

When they go fishing, it is not really fish they are after. It is a philosophic meditation.
E.T. Brown - Keyword(s): Fishing , Meditation

The study of proverbs may be more instructive and comprehensive than the most elaborate scheme of philosophy.
Maturin M. Ballou - Keyword(s): , Proverbs

Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans - language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man is the only animal that likes Tabasco sauce.
Paul Bloom - Keyword(s): Food

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt - Keyword(s):

One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.
Christopher Hitchens - Keyword(s): , Morality , Questions

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
Will Durant - Keyword(s): Art , Science

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
Dag Hammarskjold - Keyword(s):

It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain of fact, and devoting all the energies of his life to the cult of truth, not as he understands it, but as he does not yet understand it, that ought properly to be called a philosopher.
Charles Peirce - Keyword(s): , Science

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
Ludwig van Beethoven - Keyword(s):

My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.
Paul Walker - Keyword(s):

Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.
Soren Kierkegaard - Keyword(s):

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama - Keyword(s):