Khalil Gibran Quotes

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.

Philosophy, the love of Wisdom, is at the very bottom defence against the incomprehensible.

I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn't know anything about it, I didn't even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another.

Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.

I was interested in philosophy before I knew I was. That's to say, when I was at school, I used to argue with my friends about issues that turned out to be philosophical ones of some kind.

Philosophy teaches you to think big.

Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read 'wildly,' and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

I took all the philosophy courses I could.

I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philosophy books, annoying my girlfriend with that type of stuff.

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Every single university student should study philosophy. You need to lead the examined life and question your beliefs. If you don't learn critical thinking, then political debate degenerates into a contest of slogans.

My high school did not offer courses in philosophy, so the books that initially stimulated philosophical reflection in me were novels by Charles Dickens, Henry James, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

I want to study philosophy. That fascinates me.

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.

Philosophy, as the modern world knows it, is only intellectual club-swinging.

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once logical and boundless.