9 Ambrose Bierce Quotes on Philosophy

Ambrose Bierce quotes on philosophy

17. Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think.

53. Liberty, n. One of imagination's most precious possessions.

66. Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

68. Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

78. Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

95. Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum.

97. I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.

99. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.

100. Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.