Philosophy Quotes

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of… — Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
We live on the leash of our senses. — Diane Ackerman
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's… — Erykah Badu
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made… — Alan Ball
St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. — Douglas Adams
Judaism is one of the last of the world's matrilineal philosophies. Matriarchies are always the cultures that patriarchy attacks and decimates, because they don't spend… — Roseanne Barr
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. — John Adams
This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate. — Simone de Beauvoir

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