Philosophy Quotes

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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. — Winston Churchill
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. — Winston Churchill
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas. — Emile M. Cioran
Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless… — William J. Clinton
I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than… — Peter Abelard
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see… — Tadao Ando
Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and… — Maya Angelou
Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long… — Charles Dickens
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are… — Thomas Aquinas
I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And… — Jim Rohn
La Raza stands for 'The Race' - and they say so openly. They are a pro-Hispanic organization; I will call them a racist organization. They… — Steve King
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still… — David Hume
Believe me, I would much rather get three outs on three pitches than three outs on nine pitches, because that's going to make me that… — Bob Gibson
A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors to new experiences.… — Wilferd Peterson
I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs. — Lin Yutang
All that Lenin learned about business from the tales of his comrades who occasionally sat in business offices was that it required a lot of… — Ludwig von Mises
My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man running in and out of… — Benjamin De Casseres
Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. But… — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature… — R C Sproul
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.… — Denis Waitley
Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 pecent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation. — Grantland Rice
Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner. — Bob Ehrlich
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Let the churches preach doctrines, theories, philosophies to their hearts' content, but when it comes to worship, the real practical part of religion, it should… — Swami Vivekananda

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