Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And it's… — Edward Zwick
After illuminating the work of Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Louise Bourgeois, Balthus, and other modern artists, Mieke Bal again demonstrates her extraordinary flair for cultural criticism in… — Jonathan Culler
There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems. — Thomas Carlyle
One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity. — Albert Camus
Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets out al-Ghazali's Ash?arite… — Peter Adamson
King in Crimson is actually an alchemical term. King Crimson is a metaphor for Devil or Satan, but at the same time it's also a… — Bruce Dickinson
We must honor our dragons, encourage them to be worthy destroyers, expect they'll strive to cut us down. It is their duty to ridicule us,… — Richard Bach
The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond… — B.K.S. Iyengar
There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted… — Aberjhani
In this, the late afternoon of my life, I wonder: am I casting a longer shadow or is my shadow casting a shorter me? — Robert Breault
What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion. — Robert Breault
The silkworm spins out his life, and, wrapping himself in his labor, dies. — Phineas Quimby
See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Our sweetest hopes rise blooming. And then again are gone, They bloom and fade alternate, And so it goes rolling on. I know it, and… — Heinrich Heine
If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which… — John Lancaster Spalding
The philosophical implication of race-thinking is that by offering us the mystery of heredity as an explanation, it diverts our attention from the social and… — Jacques Barzun
People are divided into two parts: some of them look for and cannot find anything, others find but are not satisfied. — Mihai Eminescu
Who depends on another man's table often dines late. — John Ray
So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have… — Peter L. Berger
It is a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
We are spirits clad in veils. — Christopher Pearse Cranch
When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth. — Albert Einstein
When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor. — Mignon McLaughlin
They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity of the time.… — Christopher Tolkien
Nothing seems to matter quite as much. I no longer think about death in the concentrated way I once did. I don't know? you get… — John Updike

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