This philosophy of hate, of religious and racial intolerance, with its passionate urge toward war, is loose in the world. It is… — Mary Heaton Vorse Copy Share Image
There are clearly people for whom Stoicism immediately "clicks," it comes natural, and others for whom it doesn't. Then again, Stoicism isn't… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“Greek philosophers looked upon the past and the future as the primary evils weighing upon human life, and as the source of… — Luc Ferry Copy Share Image
“The belief of an infinity of creative and created Gods, each more eminently requiring an intelligent author of his being than the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“What then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing and only one, philosophy. But this consists in keeping… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“To understand our faith -- to theologize in the Catholic tradition -- we need philosophy. We must use the philosophical language of… — George Cardinal Pell Copy Share Image
“The philosophers say that the passions are too lively, too fiery; in truth they are weak and languid. All around one sees… — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
“I want you to stop being subhuman and become 'yourself'. 'Yourself,' I say. Not the newspaper you read, not your vicious neighbor's… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“An odd thing about perception is that when we identify some new thing with one or more of our five senses, it… — Nigel Hey Copy Share Image
The word philosophy simply means a pursuit of wisdom, the purpose of life, and a search for Truth. However, this quest, because… — Jimmy Swaggart Copy Share Image
Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a victimless crime, and people should be allowed to do as they please with their own… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
Questions that pertain to the foundations of mathematics, although treated by many in recent times, still lack a satisfactory solution. Ambiguity of… — Giuseppe Peano Copy Share Image
“I simply think that the dialogue that is intensifying between theology, philosophy, and science can first of all lead to an understanding… — Marco Bersanelli Copy Share Image
“If I am to believe everything that I see in the media, happiness is to be six foot tall or more and… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Philosophers stretch the meaning of words until they retain scarcely anything of their original sense. They give the name of "God" to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“... One can know very much but comprehend very little and, besides, ... different objectives require different levels of knowledge - though… — Felix Alba-Juez Copy Share Image
I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“In the interview, Roger reflected how the German philosopher Nietzsche said a man can undergo torture if he knows the why of… — Ken Dignan Copy Share Image
My ethics are basically around animals. I cannot do animals in distress. I was able to shut myself off with humans, and… — Harry Benson Copy Share Image
When I started to get disillusioned with psychoanalysis I reread philosophy and was reminded of the constructivist notion that Epictetus had proposed… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
“There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience,… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
Something that was instilled in me by my parents at a very young age is that there is no happy life without… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
“What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand narratives, its hard-nosed disenchantment with… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“I felt the taste of mortality in my mouth, and at that moment I understood that I was not going to live… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Then, too, the senate has a rule that no point is discussed on the same day it is brought up, but rather… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
I want to do some coaching, maybe a couple of days a week, and start building up slowly - find out my… — Sol Campbell Copy Share Image
“What, more realistically, is this “mutation,” the “new man”? He is the rootless man, discontinuous with a past that Nihilism has destroyed,… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“She wouldn't disapprove of people who gave up philosophy or literary theory to do ordinary things." "Maybe not," mused Maggie. "If we… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.… — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
“The [character-]armored, mechanistically rigid person thinks mechanistically, produces mechanistic tools, and forms a mechanistic conception of nature. The armored person who feels… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
But, after all, the sciences have made progress, because philosophers have applied themselves with more attention to observe, and have communicated to… — Etienne Bonnot de Condillac Copy Share Image
“This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“This chain method (as some now call it) soon became a hit among writers and fitness enthusiasts—communities that thrive on the ability… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Do observe what is actually taking place within yourself and outside yourself in the competitive culture in which you live with its… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If we look at it more from a philosophical standpoint, these foundations of atheism and secular humanism believe that you are your… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“Wonder acts upon a man like a shock, he is "moved" and "shaken", and in the dislocation that succeeds all that he… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image