Philosophy Quotes · Page 264

One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected…

— Plato

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.

— Constantine Karamanlis

The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more…

— Henry David Thoreau

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act…

— Ayn Rand

At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.…

— Anonymous

You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose…

— Scarlett Thomas

As a child, I wanted to be a doctor, philosopher, psychologist, philanthropist and a superhero... So I became a teacher.

— Nicholas A Ferroni

“Democracy should always be viewed with a philosophical perspective rather than a political one, because after all democracy was born to a…

— Aysha Taryam

The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold…

— Frank Iero

“The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures…

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

I believe it to be of particular importance that the scientist have an articulate and adequate social philosophy, even more important than…

— Anonymous

The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is…

— Ludwig von Mises

This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem…

— Spiro T. Agnew

“The 'destiny that eyes us from the future' makes us neglect our duties to those close to us. Third-Worldism stressed the crimes…

— Pascal Bruckner

The bourgeois thinkers of the eighteenth century thus turned Aristotle's formula on its head: satisfactions which the Greek philosopher had identified with…

— Alain de Botton

Eventually, Aristotle appeared among the Greeks. He improved the methods of logic and systematized its problems and details. He assigned to logic…

— Ibn Khaldun

It is yin and yang. Light is the left hand of darkness ... how did it go? Light, dark. Fear, courage. Cold,…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.

— Bertrand Russell

“Always remember — the one unforgivable sin in any society is to be different. Be different and be damned. And yet —…

— MissFit Writes

The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory…

— Lorenzo Ghiberti

My philosophy on what makeup is...it's very different from what a woman's is. Makeup came from a very psychological place - of…

— Jeremy Renner

With virtually no knowledge of or interest in history, the masses simply take their unprecedented high living standards under capitalism for granted.

— Ralph Raico

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

— Stanley Fish

Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Truth * I had a long heart-to-heart talk with a politician and a 14 month old baby the baby spoke more truth…

— rassool jibraeel snyman

“Just as graphite and diamonds have the same composition, that which seems quite obvious, may also not be”

— Frederico Rochaferreira

“The only coherent explanation of contingent intentionality is the existence of some necessary being, an agent from whom all other intentionality derives…

— Angus Menuge

“Just read one book a month and at the end of they year you would be totally different but an impressive personality.”

— Amit Kalantri

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

— Frank Wilczek

“The purpose of philosophy isn’t complex theorizing, it is simple and clear thinking in relation to life’s big questions.”

— Steven Colborne

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do…

— Frank Zappa

I'm the best promoter in the world because I haven't taken a day off work since I left the penitentiary, and because…

— Don King

Only in the struggle between two philosophies can the weapon of brutal force, persistently and ruthlessly applied, lead to a decision for…

— Adolf Hitler

I've been concerned about ethics in government for a long time. And the problems we've had under President Trump are only indicative…

— Richard Painter

“Surely, the gods' judgment is certain. But as for us, we must be satisfied to 'come close' to those things, for we…

— Proclus

My mother means the world to me. She is my inspiration and motivating force. She has brought me up perfectly and given…

— Rashami Desai

Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer.

— Dejan Stojanovic

If you're trained in metaphysics, you don't see the world as distinct from yourself. You are one with the world.

— Marianne Williamson