The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll put a lie for philosophical reasons, and sometimes to make the story shorter. — Todd Snider Copy Share Image
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
With my full philosophical rucksack I can only climb slowly up the mountain of mathematics. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
That's a stupid question,' said Malachi. 'Because he didn't warn him. He didn't warn anyone.' 'No, it's a philosophical question,' Kearns corrected… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There is no tomorrow. There is only a planet turning on its axis, and a creature given to optimistic fancies. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“These were innocent people, so innocent that they thought poverty a crime that wealth would allow them to forget. --- from the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Pets reflect you like mirrors. When you are happy, you can see your dog smiling and when you are sad, your cat… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“All our philosophy starts from a false base; it begins always by considering man as an individual, and not as he should… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I use biography, I use literary connections (as with Platen - this seems to me extremely helpful for appreciating the nuances of… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
One or another man, liberated or cursed, suddenly sees-but even this man sees rarely-that all we are is what we aren't, that… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
The other thing I felt was that the philosophical concept behind the experiences also looked like it had been designed by technicians… — Thomas Dolby Copy Share Image
I don't think there is ever a direct connection between the philosophical community and the wider populus. I'm very aware of this… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I have presented principles of philosophy that are not, however, philosophical but strictly mathematical-that is, those on which the study of philosophy… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Still I believe that Hanna Arendt, she was wrong when she tried to say that we are all actually capable of this,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
