Quotes about philosophic
philosophical thinking decision
...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life and the conditions it comes with; and that if this person decides to renounce the gift no one asks for, it is the moral and human duty to act on the consequences of that decision. Julian Barnes
philosophical men thinking
The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour. Ray Bradbury
philosophical heaven suffering
If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible - only you and you alone. You are your hell and your heaven too. Rajneesh
philosophical love-is action
My love is unconditional. Your action is irrelevant.
philosophical life-is unexamined-life
An unexamined life is a life of no account. Socrates
philosophical knows one-thing
I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing
philosophical envy neighbor
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
philosophical tyranny short-lived
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
philosophical definitions term
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
philosophical artist feminist-art
The only thing I know is that I know nothing
philosophical rivers sea
See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
philosophical might idle
They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
philosophical circles ran
Their lives ran in circles so small They thought they'd seen it all Michelle Shocked
philosophical proud christ
In the Bible, there is no mention of the Trinity. . . . We get to know God, not through our proud philosophical concepts, but through Christ. Michael Servetus
philosophical character play
The philosophical underpinnings of my approach to acting are that there are universal human qualities, and that every character is actually available within each one of us, that if we tap down into that universal humanness, we can find whatever character it is that we need to play already there within ourselves, and it's just a matter of peeling apart the onion that is you and finding that character within you, because of this universal human quality. Misha Collins
philosophical leisure insight
For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
philosophical trying curtains
There's something in life that's a curtain, and I keep trying to raise it. Maxine Hong Kingston
philosophical want-something luxury
A pleasant natural environment is a good - a luxury good, philosophical good, a moral goody-good, a good time for all. Whatever, we want it. If we want something, we should pay for it, with our labor or our cash. We shouldn't beg it, steal it, sit around wishing for it, or euchre the government into taking it by force. P. J. O'Rourke
philosophical men realizing
That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless Plato
philosophical suffering littles
To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
philosophical self want
A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants
philosophical good-friend caring
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
philosophical reviews thrice
Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
philosophical unrest politics
Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.
philosophical ignorance evil
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.
philosophical law understanding
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
philosophical ignorant littles
The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
philosophical democracy arise
Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
philosophical destiny men
Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.
philosophical good-things harm
There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
philosophical men may
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
philosophical wish littles
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
philosophical mimicking lows
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.