Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have… — Mahatma Gandhi
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to… — Peter Singer
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the… — Zhuangzi
Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired. — Friedrich Nietzsche
One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing. — Jonathan Ive
It's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better. — Jonathan Ive
Very often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people's minds. — Jonathan Ive
So much of what we try to do is get to a point where the solution seems inevitable: you know, you think "of course it's… — Jonathan Ive
That's an interesting thing about an object. One object speaks volumes about the company that produced it and its values and priorities. — Jonathan Ive
When our tools are broken, we feel broken. And when somebody fixes one, we feel a tiny bit more whole. — Jonathan Ive
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just… — Jonathan Ive
The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work. — Jonathan Ive
You have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order to be able to get rid of the parts that are not essential. — Jonathan Ive
Apple's Jony Ive describes his "fanatical" approach to design in new interview — Jonathan Ive
I figured out some basic stuff: that form and colour defines your perception of the nature of an object, whether or not it is intended… — Jonathan Ive
Our goal is to try to bring a calm and simplicity to what are incredibly complex problems so that you're not aware really of the… — Jonathan Ive
We don't do focus groups - that is the job of the designer. It's unfair to ask people who don't have a sense of the… — Jonathan Ive
Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security — Bruce Schneier
We are so far from knowing all the forces of nature and their various modes of action that it would be unworthy of the philosopher… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been… — Aristotle
I would welcome the passing of the idea of philosophy as defined by a method of conceptual analysis. But that is not the passing of… — Robert Adams
People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by use they become… — Joseph Butler
The only secure knowledge is that I exist. — Rene Descartes
Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who… — Guy Finley

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