Quotes about phil
philosophy school self
Only in mathematics and physics was I, through self-study, far beyond the school curriculum, and also with regard to philosophy as it was taught in the school curriculum. Albert Einstein
philosophy mere unbelief
Mere unbelief in a personal God is no philosophy at all.
philosophical theory given
Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.
philosophy empty ifs
Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets.
philosophy ocean air
We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. If we inhibit our breathing we isolate ourselves from the medium in which we exist. In all Oriental and mystic philosophies, the breath holds the secret to the highest bliss. Alexander Lowen
philosophy struggle two
Only in the struggle between two philosophies can the weapon of brutal force, persistently and ruthlessly applied, lead to a decision for the side it supports. Adolf Hitler
philosophy race views
The folkish philosophy is fundamentally distinguished from the Marxist by reason of the fact that the former recognizes the significance of race and therefore also personal worth and has made these the pillars of its structure. These are the most important factors of its view of life.
philosophy community political
Benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual
philosophy people community
I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle:benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.
philosophy cold materialism
A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day. Adam Sedgwick
philosophy men world
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.
philosophy pyramids towers
As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.
philosophical seductive intention
There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear. Aberjhani
philosophy too-much ingredients
I like to cook with the philosophy of using great ingredients and not altering them too much. Aaron Sanchez
philosophy guides ashamed
Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide. Aaron Neville
philosophy mean evil
There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker Aaron Allston
philosophy heart knowledgeable-person
If a musician wants to blossom into a full-fledged person, it's not enough if he knows only classical music; nor it is enough if he's well-versed only in raagas and techniques. Instead, he should be a knowledgeable person interested in life and philosophy. In his personal life there should be, atleast in some corner of his heart, a tinge of lingering sorrow. A. R. Rahman
philosophy historical world
I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded on my observation of the world, not on anything so trivial and irrelevant as personal history. A. E. Housman
philosophy past wind
... if, as women, we accept a philosophy of history that asserts that women are by definition assimilated into the male universal,that we can understand our past through a male lens--if we are unaware that women even have a history--we live our lives similarly unanchored, drifting in response to a veering wind of myth and bias. Adrienne Rich
philosophy one-day complaining
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off. Agatha Christie
philosophy knowledge discovery
Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature. Adam Smith
philosophy simple people
In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. They complain only of those of other people.
philosophical law amusement
We might even invent laws for series or formula in an arbitrary manner, and set the engine to work upon them, and thus deduce numerical results which we might not otherwise have thought of obtaining; but this would hardly perhaps in any instance be productive of any great practical utility, or calculated to rank higher than as a philosophical amusement. Ada Lovelace
philosophy relevant live-by
Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by. Abraham Joshua Heschel
philosophy needs sunlight
The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that he needs sunlight, calcium or love. Abraham Maslow
philosophy yield psychology
The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy
philosophical thinking should-have
I don't think that everyone should have a philosophical answer to any given question. There are things that need to be done. Aleksandar Hemon
philosophy religious
My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That's something worth achieving. Pierce Brosnan
philosophy spread weight
We still have the same (offensive) philosophy. We spread it out and put the weight on the quarterback's shoulders.
philosophy should-have should
Everyone should have a philosophy for living better. Compay Segundo
philosophy practice two
I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one. Daphne Guinness
philosophy humanity democracy
To define twentieth-century humanism briefly, I would say that it is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity in this natural world and advocating the methods of reason, science, and democracy. Corliss Lamont
philosophy men self
The theory that everyone acts from self-interest, direct or indirect, is psychologically unsound. . . . Throughout history . . . there have been millions of men and women with some sort of Humanist philosophy who have consciously given up their lives for a social ideal.