Quotes about phil
philosophical men brave
The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures Democritus
philosophy passion doe
Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does. Denis Diderot
philosophy science firsts
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
philosophy firsts steps
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
philosophy fanaticism
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
philosophical objectivity doe
The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations...He does not confuse truth with plausibility...he takes for truth what is true, for false what is false, for doubtful what is doubtful, and probable what is probable...The philosophical spirit is thus a spirit of observation and accuracy.
philosophy firsts steps
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
philosophy teaching class
They didn't teach Nietzsche in the philosophy department at Harvard; philosophy there was strictly analytical stuff and the poetic ramblings of Nietzsche did not belong. And see - you are teaching it in a literature class - so they must have been right. Dean Wareham
philosophy pet may
Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all. Daniel Handler
philosophy people trying
My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK. Dana Fox
philosophy world-issues law
I'm big into social studies, the humanities. I really love history and world issues and philosophy and law. Connor Jessup
philosophical ends get-away
For only when I err do I get away from what I know and what I understand. If "truth" were what I can understand, it would end up being but a small truth, my-sized. Truth must reside precisely in what I shall never understand. Clarice Lispector
philosophical height matter
You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights. Elizabeth Wurtzel
philosophical wine world
Creeds and causal systems have argued with each other for millennia, and even so we and our ancestors have managed to live in a world of differing opinions. Philosophical disputes don't often affect the price of fish or wine. Elizabeth Janeway
philanthropy activism
Philanthropy is activism. Eli Broad
philosophical despair may
Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair. Elias Canetti
philosophy political lines
I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans, Arlen Specter
philosophy party odds
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.
philosophy engineering essence
The Reservoir plan is an engineering mechanism applied to the field of economics, and in its essence it has nothing to do with democracy or any other political philosophy. Benjamin Graham
philosophical terrorism social
Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security Bruce Schneier
philosophy sight dragons
In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws. Bruce Cockburn
philosophy students youth
I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists. Brian Ferneyhough
philosophy animal sentences
Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence. Aravind Adiga
philosophy men speak
Man can live his truth, his deepest truth, but cannot speak it. Archibald MacLeish
philosophy able advantage
The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself. Antisthenes
philosophy faces advertising
Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life! Barbara Johnson
philosophy responsibility excuse
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. Barbara Jordan
philosophy heart men
So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts. Barbara Kingsolver
philosophy winning practice
My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
philosophy people
Everybody has their own approach. I don't adhere to any one philosophy. I learn a lot from life and people - watching and other people watching. Bailey Chase
philosophical firsts virtue
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. Baruch Spinoza
philosophy views religion
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
philosophical virtue reason
True virtue is life under the direction of reason.