'Twas strange that one so young should thus concern His brain about the action of the sky; If you think 'twas philosophy… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt -- particularly to doubt one's cherished beliefs, one's dogmas and one's axioms. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Metagapism is the belief that love is the ultimate reality, literally god and the one shared soul, and the source, nature and… — John K. Brown Copy Share Image
I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question...awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
My religion is searching for the truth in life and life in the truth, though knowing that I do not have to… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
At one point I took a copy of Berkeley's Principles from my father's library. That was the first philosophy book I read.… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
“Not so with our characters. They have no metaphysics, no order, no law. They are miserable and they don’t know why. They… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Charlemagne’s grandson, Charles the Bald, went further in providing a congenial atmosphere for philosophy. The leading philosopher of this period was John… — John Marenbon Copy Share Image
Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“I have failed many times in my life. But I don't give up. There is a voice that tells us not to… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3 What does man gain by all the toil at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But the idols of the Market Place are the most troublesome of all: idols which have crept into the understanding through their… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“…This singular reversal may perhaps proceed from the fact that for us the “subject” (since Christianity) is the one who suffers: where… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I think of myself as being an ethical man, but I don't try to teach ethics. I have no message. I know… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There is an ocean of endless opportunities, and there are so many things that one can do. I'm so fortunate that I've… — Hafez Nazeri Copy Share Image
Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop an approach and philosophy about life - if he… — Jacob Lawrence Copy Share Image
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and… — H. A. Dorfman Copy Share Image
I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
Anyone can keep going in an easy situation, but do you have a philosophy which can enable you to meet the worst… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
“Do not simply pay attention to the life, because the nature consists on different colors, if you entered into the colors they… — Kamaran Ihsan Salih Copy Share Image
Our philosophies must be rewritten to remove them from the domain of words and "ideas," and to plant their roots firmly in… — William Vogt Copy Share Image
“I was tossed into this place, I'll be tossed out, and all the stuff in between is a big fuckin' fight.” — Jay Reatard Copy Share Image
The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics. — Iain McGilchrist Copy Share Image
“... for although people can be made worse off by all other gifts, correct reasoning alone can only be for the good.” — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Copy Share Image
“You might think you’re thinking your own thoughts. You’re not. You’re thinking your culture’s thoughts. Jiddu Krishnamurti, Philosopher” — Carol Sanford Copy Share Image
“Creativity sparks originality, which then manifests itself into what we call evolution. To depreciate imagination is to depreciate life.” — Al Stone Copy Share Image
“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When it comes to innovation, business has much to learn from design. The philosophy in design shops is, 'try it, prototype it,… — Roger Martin Copy Share Image
In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the… — Carol Gilligan Copy Share Image
If we study Japanese art, we see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time doing what?… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
It is easier to believe that there was nothing before there was something than that there was something before there was nothing. — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
“Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever.” — Wil Zeus Copy Share Image
“I believe I will not not die a minute too early or a minute too late, but exactly when I am supposed… — Tobe Hanson Copy Share Image
“The world and Being hold together only in movement; it is only in this way that all things can be together. Philosophy… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
“The world’s philosophy is that you are 'great' if others are working for you, but Christ’s message is that greatness comes from… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
