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title: "Great Philosophical Sayings"
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> [Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/global-warming-is-no-longer-a-philosophical-threat-no-longer-a-future/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/there-are-men-so-philosophical-that-they-can-see-humor-in-their-own/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [Music can be soothing or invigorating ennobling or vulgarizing, philosophical or orgiastic. It has powers of evil as well as for good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hanson/music-can-be-soothing-or-invigorating-ennobling-or-vulgarizing/)

[Howard Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hanson/)

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> [“Then sense. Use your sense. Not all of us are born for greatness, but all of us have sense. Make use of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/then-sense-use-your-sense-not-all-of-us-are-born-for-greatness-but/)

[Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/)

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> [I think I'm more relaxed; I think I'm more philosophical. I don't get worried as much as I used to about things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ry-cooder/i-think-i-m-more-relaxed-i-think-i-m-more-philosophical-i-don-t-get/)

[Ry Cooder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ry-cooder/)

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> [“Despite its dark veins, the transparency of dragonfly’s wings assures me of a pure, innocent world”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munia-khan/despite-its-dark-veins-the-transparency-of-dragonfly-s-wings-assures/)

[Munia Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munia-khan/)

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> [“And why? Is our genius only in our wombs? Can we not write books and create learned scholarship and perform music and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-doctorow-2/and-why-is-our-genius-only-in-our-wombs-can-we-not-write-books-and/)

[E.L. Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-doctorow-2/)

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> [But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/but-mousie-thou-art-no-thy-lane-in-proving-foresight-may-be-vain-the/)

[Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/)

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> [Chinese were bornwith an accumulated wisdom, a natural sophistication, an intelligent naivete, and unless they were transplanted too young, these qualities ripened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/chinese-were-bornwith-an-accumulated-wisdom-a-natural-sophistication/)

[Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/)

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> [I always know a lie when I hear it, and the effect it has on me is no good at all. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/i-always-know-a-lie-when-i-hear-it-and-the-effect-it-has-on-me-is-no/)

[William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/)

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> [“...philosophy does not, like exact or empirical science, bring us to know things of which we were simply ignorant, but brings us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-g-collingwood/philosophy-does-not-like-exact-or-empirical-science-bring-us-to-know/)

[R. G. Collingwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-g-collingwood/)

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> [Do you know that my personal crusade in life (in the philosophical sense) is not merely to fight collectivism, nor to fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/do-you-know-that-my-personal-crusade-in-life-in-the-philosophical/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/he-who-has-seen-present-things-has-seen-all-both-everything-which-has/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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> [The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical or theological speculation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-belief-that-the-soul-continues-its-existence-after-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You remind me of the Siberian hunting spider, which adopts a highly convincing limp in three of its eight legs in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bailey/you-remind-me-of-the-siberian-hunting-spider-which-adopts-a-highly/)

[Bill Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bailey/)

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> [Environmental philosophy just is philosophy full stop. It only sprung up as distinct subfield because mainstream philosophy was ignoring some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-jamieson/environmental-philosophy-just-is-philosophy-full-stop-it-only-sprung/)

[Dale Jamieson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-jamieson/)

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> [A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-besant/a-myth-is-far-truer-than-a-history-for-a-history-only-gives-a-story/)

[Annie Besant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-besant/)

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> [On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/on-every-hand-we-observe-a-truly-wise-practice-in-education-in-morals/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [The world's a mean place. It's unfair, then it's fair. It's hateful, then it's loving. It's a very peculiar place on philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-allen/the-world-s-a-mean-place-it-s-unfair-then-it-s-fair-it-s-hateful-then/)

[Tim Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-allen/)

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> [Grover didn't say anything for awhile. Then, when I thought he was going to give me some deep philosophical comment to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/grover-didn-t-say-anything-for-awhile-then-when-i-thought-he-was/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [On your 60th, here's something philosophical To give the old grey matter a stir How old would you be If you didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-walter-bratton/on-your-60th-here-s-something-philosophical-to-give-the-old-grey/)

[John Walter Bratton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-walter-bratton/)

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> [I can’t think of a more philosophical time in a person’s life than when they are children. It’s the one time when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-bradfield/i-can-t-think-of-a-more-philosophical-time-in-a-person-s-life-than/)

[Scott Bradfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-bradfield/)

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> [If the ethical - that is, social morality- is the highest ... then no categories are needed other than the Greek philosophical categories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/if-the-ethical-that-is-social-morality-is-the-highest-then-no/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [As a general rule, the longer a man's fame is likely to last, the later it will be in coming; for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/as-a-general-rule-the-longer-a-man-s-fame-is-likely-to-last-the-later/)

[Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/)

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> [What was Ted Kennedy? Was he not the ultimate insider in Washington, yet maintaining philosophical views, when necessary?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-capuano/what-was-ted-kennedy-was-he-not-the-ultimate-insider-in-washington/)

[Michael Capuano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-capuano/)

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> [“A principle is a set of philosophical ideas and life lessons that are combined and compressed together to provide a general guideline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-lucas-d-shallua/a-principle-is-a-set-of-philosophical-ideas-and-life-lessons-that-are/)

[Dr. Lucas D. Shallua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-lucas-d-shallua/)

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> [As a teacher, it's a great help to be teaching philosophical systems you don't believe. You can actually do a better job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-gass/as-a-teacher-it-s-a-great-help-to-be-teaching-philosophical-systems/)

[William H. Gass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-gass/)

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> [“For mysticism proper - as distinguished from philosophical theory or vague feeling or literary pleasure - is a practical thing, something more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fr-augustine-baker/for-mysticism-proper-as-distinguished-from-philosophical-theory-or/)

[Fr. Augustine Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fr-augustine-baker/)

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> [“You can't be jealous of someone else's results. You don't know the prayer, process, sacrifice, and work they endured for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germany-kent/you-can-t-be-jealous-of-someone-else-s-results-you-don-t-know-the/)

[Germany Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germany-kent/)

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> [I'm not trying to be philosophical, but I really think it's my job to help children. And I don't care if people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-jackson/i-m-not-trying-to-be-philosophical-but-i-really-think-it-s-my-job-to/)

[Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-jackson/)

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> [Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/persis-khambatta/maybe-i-m-being-philosophical-and-spiritual-but-i-believe-that-if-you/)

[Persis Khambatta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/persis-khambatta/)

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> [Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/christianity-met-the-mythological-search-for-romance-by-being-a-story/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [“Dualism::In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man I am outside of history. i wish i had some peanuts, it looks hungry there in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-reed/dualism-in-ralph-ellison-s-invisible-man-i-am-outside-of-history-i/)

[Ishmael Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-reed/)

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> [“If we forget the past, individually or as a culture, we lose knowledge that has already been gained, and we lose valuable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-joel-garver/if-we-forget-the-past-individually-or-as-a-culture-we-lose-knowledge/)

[S. Joel Garver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-joel-garver/)

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> [“God is like a search engine — He is willing to answer your requests, but you must ask Him the right questions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-m-arcejaeger/god-is-like-a-search-engine-he-is-willing-to-answer-your-requests-but/)

[R.M. ArceJaeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-m-arcejaeger/)

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> [“Books of the sages of the ages reflect upon in stages; like honey their words on the tongue give due savour.” {Source:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mc-sweeney/books-of-the-sages-of-the-ages-reflect-upon-in-stages-like-honey/)

[Richard Mc Sweeney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mc-sweeney/)

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> [True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orhan-pamuk/true-literature-is-more-than-just-a-story-someone-has-told-it-must/)

[Orhan Pamuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orhan-pamuk/)

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> [Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/oh-a-very-useful-philosophical-animal-your-average-tortoise/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“I don't desire to change anything in England except the weather, I am quite content with philosophical contemplation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-desire-to-change-anything-in-england-except-the-weather-i-am/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/all-thought-is-immoral-its-very-essence-is-destruction-if-you-think/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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