Quotes about Philosophy
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
— Epictetus
To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.
— John Calvin
He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
— Epictetus
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
— St. Augustine
The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.
— Dante Alighieri
Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.
— St. Augustine
If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don't feel at home there?
— CS Lewis
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
— Mark Twain
The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.
— John Adams
The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.
— Winston Churchill
Demonstration is also something necessary, because a demonstration cannot go otherwise than it does, ... And the cause of this lies with the primary premises/principles.
— Aristotle
On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.
— Victor Hugo