Quotes about phil
philosophy flower ideas
Every great creative idea, formulated as a philosophy, has a social setting - in time, in a geographical location, in a political economy, in a matrix of interests and knowledge. It is not a free-swinging phenomenon like a balloon without moorings. It is not produced in a vacuum and, being creative, it does not work in a vacuum. Nurtured on things experienced and things known, it reaches out toward the unknown like a flower on a stalk growing out of the soil. Mary Ritter Beard
philanthropy results calculations
The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.
philosophy mind world
There is no place in the world, I imagine, for a philosopher with a sense of humor, a new leisure, and an inquiring turn of mind! Mary Roberts Rinehart
philosophical happy-life thinking
Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all colors. I suppose life must be one or the other. On the whole, though, I think I would prefer color to its absence. But then black does add depth and texture to color. Perhaps certain shades of gray are necessary to a complete palette. Even unrelieved black. Ah, a deep philosophical question. Is black necessary to life, even a happy life? Could we ever be happy if we did not at least occasionally experience misery?
philosophical four
True time is four-dimensional. Martin Heidegger
philosophical animal body
The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism.
philosophy philosophical thinking
he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors
philosophy world able
Philosophy will not be able to effect an immediate transformation of the present condition of the world. This is not only true of philosophy, but of all merely human thought and endeavor.
philosophical
We do not say: Being is, time is, but rather: there is Being and there is time.
philosophical higher
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
philosophy understanding pseudo
Nevertheless, the ultimate business of philosophy is to preserve the force of the most elemental words in which Dasein expresses itself, and to keep the common understanding from levelling them off to that unintelligibility which functions in turn as a source of pseudo-problems.
philosophy greatness sea
What is peddled about nowadays as philosophy, especially that of N.S., but has nothing to do with the inner truth and greatness of that movement is nothing but fishing in that troubled sea of values and totalities.
philosophical transcendence
Transcendence constitutes selfhood.
philosophical shepherds lord
The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
philosophy philosophical existentialism
Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?
philosophical thinking thought-provoking
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
philosophy passion thinking
They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch. Marquis de Sade
philosophy moving men
The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man.
philosophy coaching individual
Coaching really is an individual philosophy. Mark Messier
philosophy belief consistent
You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.
philosophy mean people
I became very interested [in philosophy] after attending the U.N. Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.I'm very concerned about climate change and the world reaching a tipping point. And, I see other people who really just want to survive to make it to the next election, rather than making means of change. Nick Offerman
philosophical air nuclear
We're cognizant, curious beings, capable of philosophical thought, nuclear physics, repeating Nerf weapons, global consciousness, Glade air fresheners, and sentient automobiles. But we're assholes first.
philosophy organization achievement
Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing. Marvin Bower
philosophy love-you wells
If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy. Nawal El Saadawi
philosophy mere
Words, without power, is mere philosophy. Muhammad Iqbal
philosophy reality inquiry
The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to their hiding places, and in this pursuit it may finally end in denial or a frank admission of the incapacity of pure reason to reach the ultimate reality.
philosophy heart burning
When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.
philosophy
My philosophy? I'm always right and you are wrong. Oscar Wilde
philosophy normal matchboxes
Philosophy is like a normal personal organizer, but it's smaller than a matchbox.
philosophy fall autumn
Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow on another like the withered leaves of Autumn.
philosophy real soul
That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography.
philosophical thinking essence
All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of.
philosophy bears misfortunes-of-others
Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.