Quotes about phil
philosophical practice discipline
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. Epictetus
philosophical libertarian moderation
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
philosophical difficulty shows
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
philosophical anchors childhood
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
philosophical writing wish
If you wish to be a writer, write.
philosophical believe desire
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
philosophy men novices
A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.
philosophical silence quiet
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
philosophy wings dresses
A dim capacity for wings demeans the dress I wear. Emily Dickinson
philosophy food wine
My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis. Emeril Lagasse
philosophy moving wine
Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It's sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. It's always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving.
philosophy men animal
Man may be considered as a superior species of animal that produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives. Hippolyte Taine
philosophy simple automobile
The basically simple things are best, whether it's automobiles or diets or philosophy. Henry Ford
philosophy philosophy-and-religion passionate
I'm very passionate about philosophy and religion. Helen Slater
philosophical trying way
...while there is such a thing as correctness in ethics, in interpretation, in mathematics, the way to understand that is not by trying to model it on the ways in which we get things right in physics.... Hilary Putnam
philosophy independent community
Under the old philosophy which had governed the high Middle Ages things had been everywhere towards a condition of Society in which property was well distributed throughout the community, and thus the family rendered independent. Hilaire Belloc
philosophy soul dry
A dry soul is wisest and best. Heraclitus
philosophy oneness
From out of all the many particulars comes oneness, and out of oneness come all the many particulars.
philosophical reality names
Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.
philosophy philosophical rivers
One cannot step twice in the same river
philosophy way greek-philosophy
The way up and the way down are one and the same.
philosophy views giving
Science is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give us comfort, it does have the virtue of truth according to our most effective resources for acquiring knowledge. No philosophy, moral outlook, or religion can be inconsistent with the findings of science and hope to endure among educated people. Heinz Pagels
philosophy looks
Never look back' is my philosophy. Helen Clark
philosophy book order
I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. Johann Heinrich Lambert
philosophy men hands
By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands. Johann Gottlieb Fichte
philosophy philosophical men
What sort of philosophy one chooses depends, therefore, on what sort of man one is; for a philosophical system is not a dead piece of furniture that we can reject or accept as we wish; it is rather a thing animated by the soul of the person who holds it.
philosophy persons depends
What sort of philosophy one chooses depends on what sort of person one is.
philosophy calm patient
True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment. Johann Kaspar Lavater
philosopher great-philosophers scholar
A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
philosophy rights mountain
Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.
philosopher middle stations
The philosophers must station themselves in the middle.
philosophy medicine jurisprudence
I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.
philosophical thought-provoking together
If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.