Of all literature I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was Philosophy and Opinions of… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows,… — Ralph Washington Sockman Copy Share Image
You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact… — Blythe Masters Copy Share Image
“I believe that just because something didn’t go the way you planned it once, it’s no reason not to try again.” — Chantelle Shaw Copy Share Image
The disinterested imaginative core of mythology is what develops into literature, science, philosophy. Religion is applied mythology. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“When two things have frequently existed in close temporal contiguity, either comes in time to cause the other.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Poetry is the song of the heart, dance of the mind, and the outer expression of the inner beauty of the soul.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
“When you don't have, or feel that you don't have, an extra moment to read philosophy, history, or science, when great literature,… — Jeff Davidson Copy Share Image
I have long been settled in my own opinion that neither Philosophy, nor Religion, nor Morality, nor Wisdom, nor Interest, will ever… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In my acquaintance with John Rawls, I found him to be a simple and honest man, who just by chance also happened… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“One could not stand and watch very long without being philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Jacques Derrida is a very important thinker and philosopher who has made serious contributions to both philosophy and literary criticism. Roland Barthes… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Old Sam Hamilton saw this coming. He said there couldn’t be any more universal philosophers. The weight of knowledge is too great… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Until recently, attempts to resolve the contradictions created by urbanization, centralization, bureaucratic growth and statification were viewed as a vain counterdrift to… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
A minimal level of sportsman ethics afield is mandated by written law. Beyond that, say, when an action is legal but ethically… — David Petersen Copy Share Image
No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow.… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Humanism involves far more than the negation of supernaturalism. It requires an affirmative philosophy . . . translated into a life devoted… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
I can't see my reflection in the waters, I can't speak the sounds that show no pain. I can't hear the echo… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Weekends, End of the month, your birthday and Valentines day will remind you how single and how lonely you are.” — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
With type as with philosophy, music and food, it is better to have a little of the best than to be swamped… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
“There is a major difference between a scuba diver and a drowning man. One is in control of his experiences, the other… — Laren Grey Umphlett Copy Share Image
“At one moment, his eyes sparkled in the light and in the next they were enshrouded in shadow. What connected those bands… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into… — Plato Copy Share Image
Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 pecent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation. — Grantland Rice Copy Share Image
I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche believed that if Pity were to become the core of ethics, misery would become contagious and happiness an object of suspicion” — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set. — Luciano Vincenzoni Copy Share Image
“Above the clouds, the sky is always blue and beautiful. Raise yourself above the clouds of everyday problems and enjoy this magnificent… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses; present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“A crucial part of the modern capitalist economy was the emergence of a new ethic, according to which profits ought to be… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between… — Liu Dan Copy Share Image
I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
Science is important, but so is ethics, so is balancing life. To destroy life to save life - it's one of the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“People who hold rational philosophies are generally less prone to emotional disturbances, such as anxiety and depression, and are more readily able… — John Wiley and Sons Copy Share Image
