Philosophy Quotes

"To rule is to live in perpetual awareness of one's own mortality and irrelevance."

"What we observe shapes what we become."

"What we believe about the universe shapes how we live in it."

"Philosophy is the attempt to understand everything as a unified whole."

"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."

"The Earth spins through space, indifferent to the concerns of men."

"To understand latitude and longitude is to understand human position in creation."

"What appears random often conceals hidden order."

"In the calculation of circumferences, we calculate our own circumscribed lives."

"In organization of knowledge lies the organization of society."

"In the act of measurement, we measure ourselves."

"Philosophy is the art of living well through careful thought."

"Philosophy asks the questions that science cannot yet answer."

"A man's character is his fate."

"Silence can be the loudest form of speech."

"The philosopher is one who loves wisdom more than himself."

"We become what we think about most."

"In the geometry of human affairs, few understand the angles."

"The observer becomes part of what is observed; thus humility is the astronomer's first tool."

"In the transit of Venus lies a lesson: great truths often appear as small shadows."

"In the movements of the spheres, I learned that order and chaos are partners in creation."

"All that we see is but a reflection of what lies within."

"Philosophy teaches us to question not the answers, but ourselves."

"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing."

"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."

"A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the task at hand."

"A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal of a god."

"Thought is the highest function of the body."

"Man is the measure of all things."

"Distance teaches us humility more than any teacher could."