Sublime

There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers. Yet it is admirable to profess because it was once admirable to live. To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

Philosophy bestows life in that it reveals the dignity and purpose of living.

Philosophy is created by intellectuals who rarely ask themselves how to apply their ideas in real life.