Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"A man's life is what his thoughts make it."J.P. Morgan
"Science without philosophy is incomplete understanding."Guglielmo Marconi
"The universe speaks a language we are only beginning to understand."Guglielmo Marconi
"I discovered that the universe is far more mysterious than we imagine."Guglielmo Marconi
"Wealth is not always the best measure of a man's character."Cornelius Vanderbilt
"Wealth should not corrupt the soul of a man."Cornelius Vanderbilt
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a person can change his life by changing his thoughts."John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"I have learned that success without service is empty and hollow."John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"The greatest teacher is not the one who has all the answers, but the one who asks the right questions."John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"The Golden Rule is the foundation of all morality."John D. Rockefeller
"Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit."John D. Rockefeller
"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."John D. Rockefeller
"I never seek to defeat my enemies because by so doing I make them part of myself."John D. Rockefeller
"Philosophy teaches us that the examined life is the only life worth living."George Eastman
"Philosophy and music are intertwined."Pierre Boulez
"Philosophy asks the questions art answers."Pierre Boulez
"Character is destiny, and destiny is written in how a man conducts himself."J.P. Morgan
"The objects of life are the paymaster of life."Henry Ford
"There is nothing more misleading than the word 'security.'"Henry Ford
"Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important."Henry Ford
"The man who serves only himself will eventually serve no one."Cornelius Vanderbilt
"Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends."Andrew Carnegie
"The first duty of a man is to civilization, which is to respect public opinion."Andrew Carnegie
"All the world's a stage, and all its men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts."Andrew Carnegie
"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for all other desirable things, is also a desirable thing in itself."Andrew Carnegie
"Whilst the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race."Andrew Carnegie
"What is the most popular religion in the world? The worship of wealth."Andrew Carnegie
"Consciousness transforms everything it touches."Karlheinz Stockhausen
"Time in music is space in consciousness."Karlheinz Stockhausen
"Sound is the bridge between matter and spirit."Karlheinz Stockhausen