Everything Quote by Thomas Jefferson

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and…

— Thomas Jefferson

“As you say of yourself, I too am an Epicurean . I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything…

— Thomas Jefferson

A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.

— Will Durant

There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.

— Georg Buchner

I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

— Joseph Lister

One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus or Epicurus…

— Pierre Hadot

One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else.

— Mary Augusta Ward

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

— Ansel Adams

“In January 1821, Thomas Jefferson wrote John Adams to “encourage a hope that the human mind will some day get back to the freedom…

— Christopher Hitchens

Everyone has some kind of philosophy, some general worldview, which to men of other views will seem mythological.

— H. Richard Niebuhr

I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the…

— Andrew Greeley

The philosophy I love is very selective. It is really just the bit that is involved in a search for wisdom, and this means…

— Alain de Botton