Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The modern workplace requires the wisdom of ages applied to contemporary problems."Whiting Williams
"Alienation from work is alienation from life itself."Whiting Williams
"The industrial era demands the wisdom of the pre-industrial world."Whiting Williams
"In the workplace, as in life, meaning matters more than compensation."Whiting Williams
"The future of industry depends on whether we can bridge the gap between labor and capital."Whiting Williams
"The factory teaches what philosophy debates—the nature of human motivation."Whiting Williams
"The unexamined life is not worth living."Charles Flint
"To be or not to be, that is the question."Charles Flint
"I'm convinced that nothing important happens by accident. It all happens by design."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"The mind is a machine, but the human spirit cannot be mechanized."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"To me, IBM is as much a state of mind as it is a business."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"Your character is your destiny."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"The genius of our institutions is democratic capitalism."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"The paradox of modern labor is that efficiency increases while satisfaction decreases."Frederick W. Taylor
"In the long run, the market is a weighing machine."Charles Schwab
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."Charles Schwab
"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions, not having all answers."Colby M. Chester
"Philosophy asks the questions that make us examine our lives."Colby M. Chester
"The modern age demands modern thinking, yet eternal principles remain unchanged."Elbert Gary
"The philosopher who never acts remains merely a dreamer with grand ideas."Elbert Gary
"Philosophy begins with wonder and ends with more questions than answers."Charles Flint
"To advance humanity, one must first understand the forces that move it."Elmer Sperry
"The universe speaks in the language of forces and balances."Elmer Sperry
"The wealth of a nation is measured not by its output but by the wellbeing of those who produce it."Whiting Williams
"The paradox of modern industry is that we make ever more while understanding ever less."Whiting Williams
"The foundation of any stable society is the dignity of those who do its work."Whiting Williams
"A society that forgets its workers forgets its soul."Whiting Williams
"The industrial age did not fail because of machines; it failed because of the failure to see the human."Whiting Williams
"Progress is not measured in dollars but in the degree to which all people can flourish."Whiting Williams
"The industrial age taught us to measure output; the human age will teach us to measure meaning."Whiting Williams