“In ways that have not yet been properly understood, philosophy had a second beginning in Abbasid society by the end of the… — Dimitri Gutas Copy Share Image
We fall into states of illusion - we forget all this. We get caught up in desires, frustrations, political movements, philosophies, religions,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Christian missions to India imply that India is a land of heathens, and, therefore, stands on the same level with the Andaman… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
Under the old social philosophy which had governed the Middle Ages, temporal, and therefore all economic, activities were referred to an eternal… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
In a world pulsating with so much information, the only information that you need is the stuff that will lead you straight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you open up the court, now the point guards can see, they can score, and they're not afraid to take shots.… — Mike D'Antoni Copy Share Image
“Philosophers and many proponents of cognitive psychology hold that moral judgments are within our control, and thus people who choose to commit… — Katherine Ramsland Copy Share Image
“If your nationality is lost, nothing is lost – if your religion is lost, nothing is lost – if your ethnicity is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“...the fight that political philosophers have always identified as the central conflict in human history: that between the individual and society. Thus… — Thaddeus Russell Copy Share Image
Casey Maddox wrote that when philosophy dies, action begins. I would say in addition that when we stop hoping for external assistance,… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
NASA's training philosophy is "no surprises." So what they did is put a simulator on Earth where it looks exactly the same… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
“[F]amiliarity with traditionally hallowed writings tends to breed, not indeed contempt, but something which, for practical purposes, is almost as bad -… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Though we run across exceptions, philosophical novels where explanation holds interest, the temptation to explain is one that should almost always be… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves.… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“Restraint: “There are three things that must always act restrained. Even five that should not use violence as their final word: The… — D.J. Kenny Copy Share Image
“We trusted our instincts, and stuck to the two tenets of my philosophy: Sell things for more than you pay for them,… — Sophia Amoruso Copy Share Image
“We can and should create a happy society, simply because we care. Unfortunately, I have found, this is not obvious to many… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no… — Plato Copy Share Image
As does every young man studying philosophy, I naturally asked myself questions about the truth of all this, and about the meaning… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Religious and philosophical beliefs are, indeed, as dangerous as fire, and nothing can take from them that beauty of danger. But there… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I seek not to instruct but only to lead, to point out and describe what I see. I claim no other right… — Edmund Husserl Copy Share Image
For the corporation executives, the military metaphysic often coincides with their interest in a stable and planned flow of profit; it enables… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
“Media are really nothing more than extensions of us. It is we, not the media, who are metaphysical. Metaphysics is part and… — Peter K. Fallon Copy Share Image
If you can’t lead and you can’t deliver, then your own personal political philosophy is pretty much irrelevant, there have been far… — Rich Nugent Copy Share Image
“I rather liked him.I asked him to come and see us.' ‘Oh Christ !’ ‘But, Bradley, you mustn’t reject people,you musn't just… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“There are strong people and there are people who claim to be strong. Strong people can conquer and survive anything , but… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“We honor the Greeks because in their art, literature, philosophy and civic history we discern the early stirrings of our own ideals—rationalism,… — Caroline Alexander Copy Share Image
The catchall phrase big data means three things. First, it is a bundle of technologies. Second, it is a potential revolution in… — Steve Lohr Copy Share Image
“Truth changes with the season of our emotions. It is the shadow that moves with the phases of our inner sun. When… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“My desire for knowledge is intermittent, but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Permaculture land-use ethics invite us to protect intact ecosystems where they remain and, where ecosystems have been destroyed, to help restore them.… — Juliana Birnbaum Fox Copy Share Image
Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
“Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a… — Nicholas Tharcher Copy Share Image
“Every philosophy is a foreground philosophy — that is a hermit's judgment: "There is something arbitrary in his stopping here to look… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Some philosophers would give a sex to revenge, and appropriate it almost exclusively to the female mind. But, like most other vices,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
You can hope and wish and pray that those things are legitimate conversions and that [Hillary Clinton] now is a different candidate,… — Jonathan Tasini Copy Share Image
I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift… — Pele Copy Share Image
“Individualism • The first of these practical philosophies is individualism. When most people today are faced with a decision, the question that… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
![“[F]amiliarity with traditionally hallowed writings tends to breed, not indeed contempt, but something which, for practical purposes, is almost as bad - namely a kind of reverential insensibility, a stupor of the spirit, an inward deafness to the meaning of the sacred words.” quote by Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/846/aldous-huxley-97_philosophy_f-amiliarity-with-traditionally-hallowed_2250129.jpg)
![“You can hope and wish and pray that those things are legitimate conversions and that [Hillary Clinton] now is a different candidate, a person with a different philosophy. That's something that, you know, sometimes, yes, it's hard to believe.” quote by Jonathan Tasini](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/985/jonathan-tasini-36491_believe_you-can-hope-and-wish-and-pray-that-thos_2858023.jpg)
