Philosophy

"Philosophy is lifes dry-nurse, who can take care of us -- but not suckle us."

"There exists a definite misunderstanding between scientists and philosophers; a misunderstanding which might easily have been avoided had philosophers possessed a proper realisation of their inevitable limitations when discussing scientific matters."

"Much can be left unstated. But if nothing is discredited, it is not philosophy."

"The philosopher must be above all a free man, and not a slave of the passions."

"Se moquer de la philosophie c’est vraiment philosophe."

"I address all these complaints ... against the philosophers who believe and assert that philosophy should not be pursued because no monetary value or reward is assigned it, unmindful that by this sign they disqualify themselves as philosophers. Since their whole life is concentrated on gain and ambition, they never embrace the knowledge of the truth for its own sake."

"It was pretty cool to know that someone else was wondering about all the shit I was wondering about even two thousand years ago—even though it made me a bit sad to realize that meant nobody had figured anything out in all of that time."

"Philosophy is the acquisition of knowledge."

"A philosopher who had made philosophy his speciality, who had first murdered his humanity and then buried it in his philosophy, …"

"In philosophy the race is to the one who can run slowest—the one who crosses the finish line last."

"Well, for me, its clarification of the nature of the world, the nature of reality. I seek the same satisfaction that one looks for in science in general, in theoretical science."

"Jetzt wage ich es, der Weisheit selber nachzugehen und selber Philosoph zu sein; früher verehrte ich die Philosophen."