“There are some people, nevertheless — and I am one of them — who think that the most practical and important thing… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It is this ideal of progress through cumulative effort rather than through genius—progress by organised effort, progress which does not wait for… — William Wickenden Copy Share Image
“Which philosophers would Alain suggest for practical living? Alain’s list overlaps nearly 100% with my own: Epicurus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Michel… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African - Africa democracy… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
Taking care of our planet is like taking care of our houses. Since we human beings come from Nature, there is no… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Honor your seeing...digest your seeing...otherw ise it becomes just another thing you file away in the mind's department of philosophy...yo u're here… — Mooji Copy Share Image
“To have distinctiveness is to believe in the distinctiveness of everyone else, because distinctiveness is not mine but is God’s gift by… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Be Kind. It is all that matters. Be kind through your own definition of kindness. Philosophy is merely a manner of defining… — Ilyas Kassam Copy Share Image
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Intellect, will, taste, and… — William James Copy Share Image
“Well, of course one must have concentration. Courage. Self-control. That goes without saying. But more important than these, one must have... I… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
“Art is a concretization of metaphysics. Art brings man’s concepts to the perceptual level of his consciousness and allows him to grasp… — Ayn Rand, The Romatic Manifesto Copy Share Image
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“By degrees, however, he fashioned for himself out of this tendency a philosophy that was actually serviceable to life. He gained strength… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
And not only did men pass into animals, but I must also mention that there were animals tame and wild who changed… — Plato Copy Share Image
You know, bicycling isn't just a matter of balance," I said. "it's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by… — Susan Vreeland Copy Share Image
Consequently, after the fall of Greece, the pursuit of education philosophy and science almost ceased to exist. Humanity suddenly shunned the wonderful… — Johnny Luckett Copy Share Image
“The idea of Sufism as a vaguely deist, New-Age-style philosophy with lots of poetry, alcohol and soft drugs is also immensely appealing… — Anatol Lieven Copy Share Image
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“But spontaneity is not by any means a blind, disorderly urge, a mere power of caprice. A philosophy restricted to the alternatives… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“...our philosophy has preserved essential traits of animistic modes of thought such as the over-estimation of the magic of words and the… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“In this way, and in no other, we can determine what our heritage really was and, instead of just talking about "identity,"… — Chancellor Williams Copy Share Image
Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
“It is a well known fact that even among highly cultured peoples the belief in animism prevails generally. Even the scholar may… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share Image
There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When passions and appetites are stronger than the intellect, men are savages; when the intellect governs the passions, when the passions are… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
My research career has been devoted to understanding human decision-making and problem-solving processes. The pursuit of this goal has led me into… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
“You are one of us, one of those who knows without knowing, and one who will live and die in dreams that… — Mary-Jean Harris Copy Share Image
Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item he… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody, and no unemployment — assuming a certain… — Bertrand Russell 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
You cannot prove realism to a complete sceptic or idealist; but you can show an honest man that he is not a… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The American people want to pay attention to serious ideas again. Our founding was built by people who were political philosophers, and… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
Why it was that upon this beautiful feminine tissue, sensitive as gossamer, and practically blank as snow as yet, there should have… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
The Quest of the Holy Grail, the Search for the Stone of the Philosophers - by whatever name we choose to call… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Within the yogic philosophy, the edge is considered to be my creative teacher from whom I can learn about myself. If I… — Ken Dychtwald Copy Share Image
French is not a language that lends itself naturally to the opaque and ponderous idiom of nature-philosophy, and Teilhard has according resorted… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
“My object is to persuade all those who think metaphysics worth studying that it is absolutely necessary to pause a moment and,… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“Life is the most elegant, beautiful, amazing, and magical thing that you will ever have. Why then do you feel anxious, stressed… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
