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
"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
"The man who seeks only profit will find neither; the man who seeks value will find both."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"Those who understand human nature understand commerce."Jacob Fugger
"The merchant's wisdom is knowing that money is a means, not an end."Jacob Fugger
"A man must know himself before he can truly lead others."Edward Harriman
"Philosophy teaches us how to think, not what to think."August Belmont Jr.
"Philosophy is the search for wisdom through thoughtful inquiry."August Belmont Jr.
"Philosophy asks better questions than it answers."James Hill
"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
"The philosopher and the merchant share common ground in wisdom."August Belmont Sr.
"Philosophy teaches why we do what we do."August Belmont Sr.
"The businessman who cannot see beyond profit will never understand true value."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"In the final accounting, it is character, not capital, that determines a life's worth."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"A fortune without purpose is merely an elaborate form of poverty."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."Otto Kahn
"Philosophy teaches us to accept what we cannot change."Otto Kahn
"What we think, we become."James Hill
"Those who build for permanence must think like philosophers, not like speculators."Edward Harriman
"Markets are mirrors; they reflect our collective hopes and fears."Edward Harriman
"Greed is the downfall of merchants; purpose is the salvation of business."Edward Harriman
"A fortune without a philosophy is merely a problem awaiting a solution."Edward Harriman
"The turf is my philosophy and my religion rolled into one."August Belmont Jr.
"The philosopher who acts is greater than the actor who merely philosophizes."Jacob Schiff
"Philosophy without practice is mere sophistry."Jacob Schiff