Philosophy lives in words, and truth and facts pour into our lives in ways far better than verbal formulas. The following is a collection of famous quotes about philosophy that I carefully recommend for everyone. I hope it will be helpful to you.

A selection of famous aphorisms about philosophy

1. Leisure is the mother of philosophy. British political scientist and philosopher Thomas Hobbes

2. Leisure is the mother of philosophy. British political scientist and philosopher Thomas Holes

3. Philosophy is the science of sciences. British poet Coleridge

4. Philosophy is the mother of all arts. Ancient Roman statesman Cicero

　5. Philosophy is a microscope for thinking. French writer Victor Hugo

6. Philosophers all live on the moon. John Ford

7. Philosophy is the great mother of science. English Renaissance writer and philosopher Bacon

8. Bearded people are not philosophers. British historian Thomas Fuller

9. Philosophy is an offensive weapon against habits. Archidamus

10. Philosophers spend their entire lives preparing for death. Ancient Greek philosopher Plato

Famous aphorisms about philosophy

1. A girl’s love is like poetry, and an adult woman’s love is philosophy. Japanese writer Hasegawa "So Idle"

2. Beliefs and philosophy are the blown air, while events are brass instruments. American novelist, essayist and poet Herman Melville

3. The philosophical climate of the times inevitably affects each of us. American philosopher and psychologist William James

4. The end point of the development of science is philosophy, and the end point of the development of philosophy is religion. Chen Ning Yang, a Chinese-American scientist and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics

5. There is no doubt that philosophy and science reinforce each other in many aspects. Russian scientist, linguist, philosopher and poet Lomonosov

　6. To a philosopher, nothing, no matter how small, seems insignificant. British poet, playwright, and novelist Goldsmith

7. Chinese philosophy advocates the beauty of solemnity, rationality, gentleness and kindness. Yu Dan, professor at Beijing Normal University and cultural scholar

8. The Japanese take Chinese management philosophy and apply Western management science. Zeng Shiqiang, professor and management guru at Taiwan Chiao Tung University

9. In the records of human history, there has never been a happy philosopher. American writer Mencken

10. If you want to enjoy true freedom, you must act as a slave to philosophy. Ancient Greek philosopher and atheist Epicurus

　11. In my philosophical dictionary, means and ends are interchangeable words. Andy Grove, President of Intel

12. Only idiots in history can say that these philosophers are just hindsight. Real name is Fang Shimin, journalist, popular science writer, anti-counterfeiting activist Fang Zhouzi

13. From philosophy, I at least learned to be prepared to meet various fates. Ancient Greek Philosopher Diogenes "The Life of Diogenes"

14. The reason why I choose to read philosophy is because philosophy will tell you why you live. Chinese-American, martial arts master, kung fu movie king director Bruce Lee

15. What I want to promote is not a decadent and obscene philosophy, but a spontaneous way of life. Roosevelt, the 31st and 32nd President of the United States

16. History and philosophy bear many eternal responsibilities, but also simple responsibilities. French writer Hugo

17. Just as philosophy is the study of other people’s misunderstandings, history is the study of other people’s mistakes. Philip Gudelir

18. Philosophy is the friend of reason and science, while theology is the enemy of reason and the protector of ignorance. French philosopher Diderot

19. A person who knows nothing about philosophy is a fool, but a person who knows nothing except philosophy is even more stupid. British writer Cy Butler

20. Let philosophy be liberated from philosophers’ classrooms and books and become a sharp weapon in the hands of the masses. Mao Zedong

21. How can a person become a philosopher if he does not use other people’s better methods to maintain his enthusiasm? 19th century American writer and philosopher Thoreau

22 . Management is philosophical from an ideological point of view, scientific from a theoretical point of view, and artistic from an operational point of view. Management training expert Yu Shiwei

23. Philosophers do not understand politicians, economists do not understand philosophers, and none of them understand politicians.

Swedish novelist and poet Strindberg

24. Philosophy is a form of thinking for people to think, reason and imagine, and it is also the real value of human existence. Cha Elioli

25. As the philosopher described, young people are like a blank sheet of paper on which various patterns can be drawn. Brathwaite

26. The creation of poets, the dialectics of philosophers, and the skills of explorers are the materials that make up a great scientist. Dimiryadev, the father of Russian agricultural science

27. Speculative reasoning philosophers have paid so much pain, but they are often formed naturally and without thinking by lay people. 18th-century British philosopher and historian Hume

28. Philosophy lives in words, and truth and facts pour into our lives in ways far better than language formulas. American philosopher and psychologist William James

29. There is no doubt that there always seems to be an element of madness in exploring the more esoteric areas of philosophy. Keble

　30. There is reason to believe that the most famous philosophers would be very awkward in the business world, but that is because they despise business. British politician Halifax

31. The desire for fame is an irrational human desire; even the philosophers themselves seem to be extremely unwilling to abandon the weakness of pursuing fame. Montaigne, a late French Renaissance thinker

32. The smartest women become fools when it comes to their own emotional issues, and the smartest men become philosophers when it comes to their own emotional issues. Taiwanese writer and critic Li Ao

33. History makes people smart, poetry makes people witty, mathematics makes people sophisticated, philosophy makes people profound, morality makes people serious, logic and rhetoric make people eloquent. Bacon, Francis

34. The philosophical basis of American-style management is individualism, the philosophical basis of Japanese-style management is collectivism, and the Chinese-style management is our commonly used interactionism. Zeng Shiqiang, professor and management guru at Taiwan Chiao Tung University

35. Only through constant pursuit can people be satisfied. Like love, the true spirit of poetry, philosophy, and science is precisely to constantly pursue and always stand at the starting line. Professor, philosopher, writer, litterateur Zhao Xinshan

　36. Imagination, this is a trait. Without it, a person cannot become a poet, a philosopher, a wise person, a rational creature, and he is not a human being. French philosopher Diderot

37. A true philosopher is like a bee. They gather material from flowers in gardens and fields, but use a power of their own to transform and digest this material. British Renaissance writer and philosopher Bacon

38. History makes people wise, poetry makes people elegant, mathematics makes people noble, natural philosophy makes people deep, morality makes people steady, and ethics and Rhetoric makes people good at argument. British Renaissance writer and philosopher Francis Bacon

39. What complemented this life was his joy in collecting. Philosophers and doctors who study madness generally believe that when this collecting habit is concentrated on scattered small items, it is the beginning of mental disorder. French writer Balzac

40. It is a comfort to be able to utter a proverb. Howling is the comfort of the wolf, wool is the comfort of the sheep, white-cheeked birds are the comfort of the forest, love is the comfort of women, proverbs are the comfort of the philosopher.

French writer Hugo