I'm not the world's best philosopher. But I am one of the world's best strategists. I will put my strategic abilities against anybody on Earth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.
My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.
I'm an artist, not a philosopher.
I don't see myself as a philosopher. That's awfully boring.
For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.
My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics.
Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.