“Many philosophers, economists and social scientists saw the middle classes, as the tool to end all class division, with an end of… — Owen H Lewis Copy Share Image
Ethics and power are separate. Ethics and morality. I think life would be miserable if there weren't some kind of code that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. There's no guarantee of tomorrow. And part of… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“You discuss philosophy about what you read but never really live the wisdom.” — Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D Copy Share Image
Some people build houses others build people; of the two I would rather be of the latter. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“While noises encompass every strand of the breathing being, delved into dark silences is the barely breathing heart” — Priyansha Vashi Copy Share Image
Learning philosophy is learning a particular kind of intuitive understanding. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The golden mean in ethics, as in physics, is the centre of the system and that about which all revolve, and though… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“It is not God that is worshipped but the authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Copy Share Image
Philosophy is that part of science which at present people chose to have opinions about, but which they have no knowledge about.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“[W]e must recognize that ethics requires us to risk ourselves precisely at moments of unknowingness, when what forms us diverges from what… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“This sweet virginal primitive land will metaphorically breathe a sigh of relief --like a whisper of wind--when we are all and finally… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“When we characterize talk as hot air, we mean that what comes out of the speaker’s mouth is only that. It is… — Harry G. Frankfurt Copy Share Image
“If you haven't said 'I love you' to someone today, do it. You won't always be happy, but you should try to… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
The best and safest way of philosophising seems to be, first to enquire diligently into the properties of things, and to establish… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“Forget everything you ordinarily associate with religious study. Strip away all the reverence and the awe and the art and the philosophy… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Don’t buy anything. My philosophy is, if it flies, floats, or fucks, rent it.” — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“Most people have this tendency to make judgments on others based on preconceptions, especially when they are dealing with them for the… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Inside the word "power" is the word "owe" because true strength owes its force to what it serves, not what it controls.” — Pierre Lagrenat Copy Share Image
It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“True humility derives from a proper perspective of our human condition: one among billions on a small planet among billions, like a… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“By dying for a conviction a man proves only that he is sincere, not that he is right.” — Roland H. Bainton Copy Share Image
We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Socialism is simply a re-assertion of that tribal ethics whose gradual weakening had made an approach to the Great Society possible. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Prejudice for regularity and simplicity is a source of error that has only too often infected philosophy. — Roger Joseph Boscovich Copy Share Image
“I work to make human beings out of human bodies. I work to make conscience out of mindlessness. I work to make… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“The United States has never done away with slavery; we just stopped calling it such. These days, we call it free-market capitalism.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air,… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
For my part I have sought liberty more than power, and power only because it can lead to freedom. What interested me… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
A leader whose speech is prepared by others is not a leader; he is just an empty and stupid bottle! Use your… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image