Philosophy Quotes · Page 108

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

— Johann Heinrich Lambert

“The most beautiful things in life happen, when they are least expected.”

— Deepak Rana

“The best lover has fur and four legs and is the most trustworthy heart.”

— Debasish Mridha

My philosophy of life can be summed up in four words: It can't be helped.

— Will Cuppy

“Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien.”

— Socrates

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

— Albert Camus

I always liked the 'Mad Men' philosophy where people don't really change.

— Paul Rust

“The world is in trouble because of a few funny sympathetic philosophers”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Sufism has always had the function of purifying Islamic ethics and that fasting and tazkiya is like lighting a lamp.

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“It's as if my footprints were already on the road before I even got there.I walk into them, my waiting footprints.”

— jackie kay

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

— Oliver Goldsmith

“Truth is a matter for theologians and philosophers. Politics is not concerned with the truth but with perceptions.”

— Mathias Frey

I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife.

— Edward Abbey

“You may fall down in life, Lift yourself up and be strong. To stand up, you should know what falling down is…

— Jyoti Patel

Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A lot of the foundational philosophical approaches of tech leaders are actually all about decentralization of power.

— Steve Hilton

The American people want to pay attention to serious ideas again. Our founding was built by people who were political philosophers, and…

— Dave Brat

The man whom philosophy leaves cold, and the man whom real faith does not illuminate, may be assured that the fault lies…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The idea of discussing psychological and philosophical ideas in a visual medium was really exciting to me. I thought I was going…

— Andrew Neel

In the late 60's I was enrolled at Occidental College majoring in philosophy and taking several studio art classes, but I dropped…

— Stephen Beal

If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their…

— Etienne Gilson

Agnosticism is no excuse for indecision. If anything, it is a catalyst for action; for in shifting concern away from a future…

— Stephen Batchelor

The Interpretation of the Laws of Nature in a Common-wealth, dependeth not on the books of Moral Philosophy. The Authority of writers,…

— Thomas Hobbes

Suppose cats became philosophers, they would see a cat universe and have a cat solution of the problem of the universe, and…

— Swami Vivekananda

I'm no syllogism incarnate, but my wife makes me look like Immanuel Kant.

— Claudia Cardinale

“Often a healthy obsession is an essential component of a great success.”

— Debasish Mridha

“God is the world's oldest philosopher; love is the world's oldest sage.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Revenge is good. It's what separates us from the animals and the hippies.

— Christopher Titus

“It's time to shop high heels if your fiance kisses you on the forehead.”

— Amit Kalantri

If philosophy begins in wonder, pedagogy typically begins in frustration.

— Lee S Shulman

If I had a philosophy, it's that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.

— Bjork

“My artificial creations will be better than nature's natural creations.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Fools alone say that work and philosophy are different, not the learned”

— Anonymous

“I sometimes think," said Jason, " that the soul may be a state of mind.”

— Clifford D. Simak

Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.

— Gilbert Ryle

Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.

— Novalis

What sort of philosophy one chooses depends on what sort of person one is.

— Johann Gottlieb Fichte

“Trebuie sa te departezi putin de tine ca sa te poti apropia de ceilalti.”

— Andrei Plesu

Philosophy is overwhelmingly complicated, its procedure depressingly slow.

— Max Horkheimer

“All human philosophy is riddled with the nightmare of searching in vain.”

— wilhelm reich