Especially the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There is the philosophy embedded in the culture we are living. It is quite clear for example that Arabs have a different… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson is an extremely productive ethnographer, a serious reader of phenomenological and existential philosophy, and a remarkable writer at a level… — Arthur Kleinman Copy Share Image
Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“-make them lose their faith in happiness as the Sovereign Good and take to believing instead, that the goal was somewhere beyond,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
Keep clear of psychiatrists unless you know that they are also Christians. Otherwise they start with the assumption that your religion is… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The surest way to bring out the best in you may simply be to remind yourself, again and again, that you can… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
“What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosophers and psychologists have long puzzled over the question of how we know as much as we do despite our limited experiences.… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
I can't save them by myself, oh but God forbid that I just turn my head and walk on by. Don't let… — Darryl Worley Copy Share Image
Who am I, why am I here? Forget the question, someone give me another beer. — Meat Loaf Copy Share Image
“[N]ow we have a clearer idea what this story is all about: The world was made for man, and man was made… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Some people's glasses are half full. I'm the one drinking them. Some people have forgotten that Pluto is still a planet. I… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
“Intellectuals and artists concerned with faith tend to underestimate the radical, inviolable innocence it requires. We read and read, write long, elaborate… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
“In life there are squares and there are circles, sometimes it's best to be an oblong” — Benny Bellamacina Copy Share Image
“Always beware of turning religion into metaphysics: Morality is its essence.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“The second project is in the field of metaphysics: with the aim of showing that, in the words of Professor H. M.… — Georges Perec Copy Share Image
“...the aim of civilization is to translate everything into enjoyment.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
One of the goals of philosophy is wage theoretical battle. That is why we can say that every thesis is always, by… — Louis Althusser Copy Share Image
