The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs… — Douglas McIlroy Copy Share Image
Systems, scientific or philosophic, come and go. Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system is… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
I think the average voter wants somebody who has the right philosophy and can combine that with the ability to get something… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
“People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It's living - a broad spectrum of living - that teaches you how to live, not philosophy. Philosophy teaches you how to… — Ruth Rendell Copy Share Image
“Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare. "Exactly so," said Alice.… — lewis carrol Copy Share Image
I never liked the philosophy that you can have everything and be everything and that something is wrong if you don't want… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
Descartes is rightly regarded as the father of modern philosophy primarily and generally because he helped the faculty of reason to stand… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“I am first affrighted and confounded with that forelorn solitude, in which I am plac'd in my philosophy, and fancy myself some… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind… — William James Copy Share Image
“Some years ago, there was a lovely philosopher of science and journalist in Italy named Giulio Giorello, and he did an interview… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
…the samurai ethic is a political science of the heart, designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza… — Violet Trefusis Copy Share Image
Rightly viewed no meanest object is insignificant; all objects are as windows through which the philosophic eye looks into infinitude itself. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“In any disagreement, I believe both parties are 50% wrong. Taking responsibility for your part fixes most issues.” — L.R.W. Lee Copy Share Image
“No matter what relativists say, some truths truly are absolute; like me having written and posted this and you reading it now.… — Arne Klingenberg Copy Share Image
“Be the lighthouse that bears the torment of the storm, but never forget to show the saving lights of life.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
“I always heard 'whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger' going up. How foolish, in fact, what doesn't kill you is only… — Jeremy Caldwell Copy Share Image
Being Human clothing was first launched in France, Belgium and Spain, where the brand's philosophy of look good, do good is connecting… — Salman Khan Copy Share Image
I am only a philosopher, and there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that… — William James Copy Share Image
Life is not logic, life is not philosophy. Life is a dance, a song, a celebration! It is more like love and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Satan has frightened men from reading the sacred writings, and has rendered Holy Scriptures contemptible, so as to ensure his poisonous philosophy… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“What is humor?' one of their professors had posed, and he had answered, ''nondangerous, unexpectedly inappropriate juxtaposition.” — Sena Jeter Naslund Copy Share Image
I am one who believes that the world goes from the slime to the sublime. And you can take Darwin and all… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
We think of history as another specialization, like philosophy of language, rather than as something that informs everything we do and think. — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I was transformed the day My ego shattered, And all the superficial, material Things that mattered To me before, Suddenly ceased To… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Maybe those nihilist philosophers are right; maybe this is all we can expect of the universe, a relentless crushing of life and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Journalism and the questions of journalistic ethics, and why certain stories are put on the air, when, how and for what reasons,… — Thomas Sadoski Copy Share Image
“There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every thought that passes through your mind is connected to something else. Memories. Lies. Truths. They’re all woven together. No idea or… — Samantha Sotto Yambao Copy Share Image
