Quotes about phil
philosophy prejudice bundles
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism. Lord Acton
philosophy party men
Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only. Lyndon B. Johnson
philosophy sacred theology
To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred. Ludwig Feuerbach
philosophy teaching taken
I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I have regarded man as the criterion of truth, and not this or that founder of a system, and have from the first placed the highest excellence of the philosopher in this, that he abstains, both as a man and as an author, from the ostentation of philosophy, i. e., that he is a philosopher only in reality, not formally, that he is a quiet philosopher, not a loud and still less a brawling one.
philosophy nuts world
Just me and my nuts, that's all I got in this world. Ludacris
philosophical filled-up mind
Pythagoras, Locke, Socrates - but pages might be filled up, as vainly as before, with the sad usage of all sorts of sages, who in his life-time, each was deemed a bore! The loftiest minds outrun their tardy ages. Lord Byron
philosophical wounds-and-scars deep-wounds
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
philosophy thinking sky
'Twas strange that one so young should thus concern His brain about the action of the sky; If you think 'twas philosophy that this did, I can't help thinking puberty assisted.
philosophy real order
It is puzzling to me that otherwise sensitive people develop a real docility about the obvious necessity of eating, at least once a day, in order to stay alive. Often they lose their primal enjoyment of flavors and odors and textures to the point of complete unawareness. And if ever they question this progressive numbing-off, they shrug helplessly in the face of mediocrity everywhere. Bit by bit, hour by hour, they say, we are being forced to accept the not-so-good as the best, since there is little that is even good to compare it with. M. F. K. Fisher
philosophy mean law
Scientific wealth tends to accumulate according to the law of compound interest. Every addition to knowledge of the properties of matter supplies the physical scientist with new instrumental means for discovering and interpreting phenomena of nature, which in their turn afford foundations of fresh generalisations, bringing gains of permanent value into the great storehouse of natural philosophy. Lord Kelvin
philosophy men modern
Modern man lives increasingly in the future and neglects the present. Loren Eiseley
philosophy thinking games
You think that way as you begin to get grayer and you see pretty plainly that the game is not going to end as you planned.
philosophy struggle men
Mind is locked in matter like the spirit Ariel in a cloven pine. Like Ariel, men struggle to escape the drag of the matter they inhabit, yet it is the spirit that they fear.
philosophy reflection thoughtful
Though we cannot totally change our nature, we may in great measure correct it by reflection and philosophy; and some philosophy is a very necessary companion in this world, where, even to the most fortunate, the chances are greatly against happiness. Lord Chesterfield
philosophy pedants philosopher
The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic.
philosophy long world
The late Président de Montesquieu told me that he knew how to be blind--he had been so for such a long time--but I swear that I do not know how to be deaf: I cannot get used to it, and I am as humiliated and distressed by it today as I was during the first week. No philosophy in the world can palliate deafness.
philosophy cities trying
That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else. Malcolm Gladwell
philosophy mean medicine
We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.
philosophy community decision
We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that's centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society. We are also a company that understands community. Magic Johnson
philosophy distance medicine
How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree. Maimonides
philosophy struggle life-is
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
philosophical animal ill-will
Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation. Mahatma Gandhi
philosophical animal vegetarianism
It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage
philosophy inspiration dust
All our philosophy is as dry as dust if it is not immediately translated into some act of living service.
philosophical men religion
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
philosophy want giving-back
Be the change that you want to see
philosophical animal discovery
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.
philosophical men animal
It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet
philosophy winning thinking
When I see big movies that are only about good versus evil, and the good guy wins, I only can think we're in a far more complicated world than that. I frankly think that this binary philosophy is actually a dangerous way to look at the world. Gavin Hood
philosophy want
I don't want to be anything other than me. Gavin DeGraw
philosophical government groups
Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. Freda Adler
philosophy moving ambition
The philosophy I shared... was one of ambition - ambition to succeed, ambition to grow, ambition to move forward - backed up by hard work. Frank Lowy
philosophy people safe
Monogamy is monotonous, but it's safe you know. And that's my philosophy. And I like to convey that to people. Joy Behar