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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)

Philosophy is the science which considers truth. (Quote by - Aristotle)

I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)

There was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

One's task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality. (Quote by - Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? (Quote by - Seneca)

Will localizes us; thought universalizes us. (Quote by - Henri Frederic Amiel)

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. (Quote by - Noel Coward)

If a placebo has an effect, is it any less real than the real thing? (Quote by - Nathaniel LeTonnerre)

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)

A gun gives you the body, not the bird. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems. (Quote by - Edward Hodnett)

No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. (Quote by - Terry Josephson)

Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)

Whence? wither? why? how? (Quote by - these questions cover all philosophy. (Quote by - Joseph Joubert)

When the student is ready, the master appears. (Quote by - Buddhist Proverb)

For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos. (Quote by - John L. McClenahan)

The future influences the present just as much as the past. (Quote by - Friedrich Nietzsche)

One does what one is; one becomes what one does. (Quote by - Robert von Musil)

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. (Quote by - G.C. Lichtenberg)

It is easy to stand a pain, but difficult to stand an itch. (Quote by - Chang Ch'ao)

Tomorrow always comes, and today is never yesterday. (Quote by - S.A. Sachs)

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me. (Quote by - Antonio Porchia)

Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, the gnomed mine -Unweave a rainbow. (Quote by - John Keats)

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