Philosophy Quote by William Gilmore Simms Download Open image “Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition.” — William Gilmore Simms ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Philosophy Superstitions Wells
Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect. — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices. — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for better or for worse. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose.… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
What we call vice in our neighbor may be nothing less than a crude virtue. To him who knows nothing more of precious stones… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul. The soul must work its way out of prison, and, in doing so,… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our side — William Gilmore Simms 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
