Mathematics has a threefold purpose. It must provide an instrument for the study of nature. But this is not all: it has… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Art has no need of philosophical arguments, it does not follow the signposts of philosophical systems; Art like life, dictates systems to… — Naum Gabo Copy Share Image
My high school did not offer courses in philosophy, so the books that initially stimulated philosophical reflection in me were novels by… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is… — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
“Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“If you have the power to change the world for the better, you should do it. That's why people who do nothing… — James McGregor Copy Share Image
“Human beings feel an obligation to have a definate opinion on issues they can never truly know. They need to learn to… — Nathanie Randall Copy Share Image
To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
I hold the view that the alchemist’s hope of conjuring out of matter the philosophical gold, or the panacea, or the wonderful… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
There are no infidels anywhere but on earth: there are none in heaven, and there are none in hell. Atheism is a… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“There may be some truth (atheists) do not need to believe in a god to be good, but then if they do… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Poetry is essentially the antithesis of Metaphysics: Metaphysics purge the mind of the senses and cultivate the disembodiment of the spiritual; Poetry… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
I believe in political solutions to political problems. But man's primary problems aren't political; they're philosophical. Until humans can solve their philosophical… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
You are protected. But if you don't take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation... — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism. — Daniel Bell Copy Share Image
If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
“Whatever life throws at me, I'll take with a smile upon my face and Nirvana's 'Bleach' on the stereo.” — Mark R. Faulkner Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories. — Stanley Fish Copy Share Image
No nice philosophical point has ever been so decisively resolved as this: that those who are not conceived do not miss the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag you along with it. Every thought pretends that it matters so… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Nothing sobers a wandering philosophical imagination like the thought of having a wife and children to support.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
Every spoken word double-crosses us. The only tolerable form of communication is the written word, since it isn't a stone in a… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“The real problem occurs using the information in a negative base, and the real solution occurs using the information in a positive… — Nr. M. J. K. Molai Copy Share Image
I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Always pay homage to the soldier, and the harlot, for they are the martyrs of humanity’s growth” — Michael Lieber Copy Share Image
Without the English, reason and philosophy would still be in the most despicable infancy in France. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
That's an interesting philosophical question. When your boner goes away, is that one gone... forever? — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution. — John William Fletcher Copy Share Image
The life of man in this world is like the life of a fly in a room filled with 100 boys, each… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“...in the absence of will power, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.” — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
