Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Philosophy begins where certainty ends."
James Hill
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"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."
James Hill
"Philosophy asks the questions that make science possible."
Lorenzo de Medici
"Every person contains multitudes; the integrated self is a lifetime's work."
Lorenzo de Medici
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"The man who seeks only profit will find neither; the man who seeks value will find both."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"Those who understand human nature understand commerce."
Jacob Fugger
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"The merchant's wisdom is knowing that money is a means, not an end."
Jacob Fugger
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"A man must know himself before he can truly lead others."
Edward Harriman
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"Philosophy teaches us how to think, not what to think."
August Belmont Jr.
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"Philosophy is the search for wisdom through thoughtful inquiry."
August Belmont Jr.
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"Philosophy asks better questions than it answers."
James Hill
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"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with more wonder."
James Hill
"The philosopher who claims to have discovered absolute truth is either a fool or a liar."
Charles Yerkes
"Philosophy without practical application is merely pleasant speculation."
Charles Yerkes
"Philosophical truth is less important than practical utility."
Charles Yerkes
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"The philosopher and the merchant share common ground in wisdom."
August Belmont Sr.
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"Philosophy teaches why we do what we do."
August Belmont Sr.
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"The businessman who cannot see beyond profit will never understand true value."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"In the final accounting, it is character, not capital, that determines a life's worth."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"A fortune without purpose is merely an elaborate form of poverty."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."
Otto Kahn
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"Philosophy teaches us to accept what we cannot change."
Otto Kahn
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"What we think, we become."
James Hill
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"Those who build for permanence must think like philosophers, not like speculators."
Edward Harriman
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"Markets are mirrors; they reflect our collective hopes and fears."
Edward Harriman
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"Greed is the downfall of merchants; purpose is the salvation of business."
Edward Harriman
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"A fortune without a philosophy is merely a problem awaiting a solution."
Edward Harriman
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"The turf is my philosophy and my religion rolled into one."
August Belmont Jr.
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"The philosopher who acts is greater than the actor who merely philosophizes."
Jacob Schiff
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"Philosophy without practice is mere sophistry."
Jacob Schiff