Philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
Plato

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.
Karl Marx

History should be written as philosophy.
Voltaire

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Philosophy is common sense with big words.
James Madison

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
Blaise Pascal

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.
John Keats

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

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
Epictetus

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Epictetus

As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.
Albert Ellis

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
George Bernard Shaw

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
Albert Camus

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
Albert Camus

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Margaret Thatcher

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things.
Marcel Proust

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself.
Jim Carrey