Philosophy Quote by Quintilian Download Open image “A religion without mystics is a philosophy.” — Quintilian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Philosophy Religion
Mysticism is a rational enterprise. Religion is not. The mystic has recognized something about the nature of consciousness prior to thought, and this recognition… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Mysticism is the acceptance that everything cannot be logically explained. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Now the history of philosophy shows that religious belief which is primarily mystical may very well be compatible with a pronounced sense of reality… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intuition or experience of God; and a mystic is a person who has,… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
In the mystic traditions of the different religions we have a remarkable unity of spirit. Whatever religion they may profess, they are spiritual kinsmen.… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Mysticism is the idea that direct knowledge of God or ultimate reality is achieved through personal, subjective intuition or experience apart from, or even… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
“In writing are the roots, in writing are the foundations of eloquence; by writing resources are stored up, as it were, in a sacred… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
“MIND & GRIND Self-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“It takes tremendous courage, persistence, and perseverance to pursue your ultimate purpose.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
“This is what is called "honor among thieves," for the really dangerous people are those who do not recognize that they are thieves— the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I never knew any man who had once tasted the sweetness of experimental knowledge, that ever afterward fasted after ye Vapour garlick and onions… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
