"Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human……" — Charles William Eliot
"Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence."
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Charles William Eliot
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20 Quotes by Charles William Eliot
Charles William Eliot has 20 quotes on this site.
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The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are…
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I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an…
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All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.
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The Library is the heart of the University.
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When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of…
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You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world
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There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.
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In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to…
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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.
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The strikebreaker is the hero of American industry.
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Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.
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Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of…
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More Existence Quotes
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
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No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
— Aristotle
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The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
— Aristotle
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As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of…
— David Attenborough
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
— Honore de Balzac
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Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
— Honore de Balzac
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I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
— David Bailey
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him.…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing…
— Henry Adams
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There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.
— Charles Baudelaire
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