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