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“Life is not fair get used to it.”
Bill Gates
“Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.”
Bertrand Russell
“Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.”
Bertrand Russell
“The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.”
Bertrand Russell
“The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.”
Bertrand Russell
“I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.”
Bertrand Russell
“To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.”
Bertrand Russell
“I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.”
Bertrand Russell
“A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.”
Francis Bacon
“Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.”
Francis Bacon
“Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.”
Charles Stanley
“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
John Adams
“Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.”
Albert Camus
“Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.”
Samuel Beckett
“My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.”
Tim Robbins
