What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! — William James Copy Share Image
The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
“Some want to live within the sound Of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop, Within a yard… — C.T. Studd Copy Share Image
“Is numerical equality (forced by the use of specific physical units) the same as conceptual equality? Of course NOT!” — Felix Alba-Juez Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to imagine a philosopher disconnected from the world, indifferent to the cares of his country, unmoved by poverty,… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
“Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
We really are All One…this is the very philosophy that has kept me virtually anonymous in America for fifteen years. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together. — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“When someone doesn’t acknowledge the miraculous conditions of the cosmos, and instead attributes all the systemization and orderliness that we observe all… — Gevin Giorbran Copy Share Image
“Here is your great soul—the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is a weakling… — Seneca Copy Share Image
As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You say some Greek philosophers could dazzle their audiences with their riddles? That does not interest me at all. Bring more wine… — Omar Khayyám Copy Share Image
“That young man with the long, auburn hair and the impudent face—that young man was not really a poet; but surely he… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Movies are arguably the most influential, important medium in the world. They have a tremendous cultural impact. Because women are now making… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
“The true meaning of our philosophy will be unintelligible to the arrogant, the boastful and the mocking. Beware of those who exhibit… — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the… — Daniel Meyer Copy Share Image
“The sound is the most precious gift we can have. That´s how the world has been created. The same way it will… — Alin Sav Copy Share Image
Philosophers are never happy here. Now is not their time, and here is not their space. They live there, they live somewhere… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I didn't know that Mahler would come to play so large a role, nor that music and literature and philosophy can interinanimate… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
The philosopher will ask himself ... if the criticism we are now suggesting is not the philosophy which presses to the limit… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
I have decided, it is fruitless. For I am no longer sure of anything concerning my existance. A philosopher is a dead… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
In Taoist philosophy, 'yin' is the feminine principle, representing the forces of earth, while 'yang' is the masculine principle, representing spirit. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“For Christians . . . an unreflective faith is not possible if we take seriously the injunction to love God with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“Maybe I’m strange and perverse, but I’ve always thought there was something sexy about a compelling argument.” — Therese Doucet Copy Share Image
“There is no position outside of reason where you can stand and lecture about reason and pass judgment on reason.” — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I've never been interested in philosophy, but some of Jung's ideas seem useful in helping people understand pictures and so forth. — Sigmar Polke Copy Share Image
Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy? — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
Keep Darwinian thinking out of cosmology, out of psychology, out of human culture, out of ethics, politics, and religion! — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“Historically, philosophy does not have an impressive track record of answering questions about natural world in a decisive manner.” — Christof Koch Copy Share Image
“Reason in this newer philosophy took its starting point with childish naivete in its own integrity and trustworthiness.” — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“Some people’s situation made them struggle. Some people find a purpose to struggle. Success depends on your choice, persistence, and ultimate struggle.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they cannot co-exist in the same man or in the same society. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“So how do we sort it all out? The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in just one sentence.… — Amy Dacyczyn Copy Share Image
You can either carry a torch or light or be a torch of light. Were all meant to illuminate each other in… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
At Ajax, we have a certain philosophy that is sometimes more important than winning - the development of players. — Edwin van der Sar Copy Share Image
