Philosophy Quotes

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

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"A well-ordered mind produces well-ordered results."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"The open country reveals what civilization conceals about our true nature."
John C. Fremont
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"In nature's cathedral, human ambition is measured against the eternal."
John C. Fremont
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"The true pioneer is not the one who plants a flag, but the one who plants ideas."
John C. Fremont
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"Those who chart new territories in the landscape chart new territories in the soul."
John C. Fremont
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"Philosophy is the art of thinking about thinking itself."
Colby M. Chester
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"Philosophy begins in wonder and ends in wisdom if we're patient enough."
Colby M. Chester
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"I learned that money was not the root of all evil; the love of money was."
James Fisk
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"Philosophy without practice is merely idle speculation."
James Fisk
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"The public is stupid and easily manipulated."
Jay Gould
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"Human nature is greed and self-interest."
Jay Gould
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"Mercy is a luxury the poor cannot afford."
Jay Gould
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"The poor should expect to remain so."
Jay Gould
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"Compassion is a luxury for the unsuccessful."
Jay Gould
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"I view human nature as fundamentally selfish."
Jay Gould
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"A man's conscience is secondary to his ambition."
Jay Gould
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"I view society as a hierarchy of power."
Jay Gould
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"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions, not finding final answers."
Charles Flint
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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Mark Hopkins
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"What we think, we become."
Mark Hopkins
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"The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know."
Mark Hopkins
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"Philosophy teaches us how to live well."
Leland Stanford
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"The mountains and rivers care nothing for politics, yet politics often determines who sees them."
John C. Fremont
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom applied to living."
Stephen Girard
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"Philosophy gives meaning to human existence."
Stephen Girard
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"The masses crave spectacle more than substance, and this is their weakness."
James Fisk
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"I have learned that honor and wealth are often inversely proportional."
James Fisk
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"The greatest wisdom is knowing that wisdom itself has limitations."
James Fisk
"The accumulation of wealth is merely a byproduct of creating value."
Charles Crocker
"The man who serves only his own interests serves no one permanently."
Charles Crocker