"Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct." - F. H. Bradley, Appearance and Reality

"The absurd has meaning only in so far as it is not agreed to." - Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy." - Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"Psychiatry's chief contribution to philosophy is the discovery that the toilet is the seat of the soul." - Alexander Chase, Perspectives

"There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it." - Cicero, De Divinatione

"The first step towards philosophy is incredulity." - Denis Diderot, attributed (last words)

"Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible." - Henry Louis Mencken, Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks

"Philosophy triumphs easily over past and future evils; but present evils triumph over it." - François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts; but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates." - Henry David Thoreau

"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous." - Hume, David in 'A Treatise of Human Nature' 1739

"Ideas do have consequences and all argument is philosophical. You may try to avoid or hide it, but your line of thinking on any issue is a result of the basic philosophy which you hold." - Otto, John G. [Quote Archivist] 18 July 1994

"All work is an act of philosophy." - Rand, Ayn

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Harris, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Road Sign to Harris K. Telemacher [played by Steve Martin] in 'L.A. Story'

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespear, William (1564-1616)