Famous quotes containing the words defence, guards and/or history:
“Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”
—William James (1842–1910)