Quotes about philosophical
philosophical vehement causes
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. Marcus Tullius Cicero
philosophical law may
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
philosophical said should
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
philosophical law liberty
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
philosophical men errors
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
philosophical oratory persuasion
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
philosophical charm brevity
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
philosophical speech brevity-of-life
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
philosophical people income
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
philosophical tears trouble
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
philosophical silence denial
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
philosophical slavery
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
philosophical law customs
The best interpreter of the law is custom.
philosophical blessing growth
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
philosophical wish
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
philosophical planning careful
Before beginning, plan carefully.
philosophical innocence guilty
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
philosophical power republic
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
philosophical law abuse
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
philosophical passion class
There is a form of poetic and esthetic and moral genius necessary to make philosophical issues truly incandesce for students, and even though I indeed had some world-class professors myself when I went through the curriculum, I rarely saw such gnosic or concretist/poetic passion among them. I am not speaking of broad histrionics or melodramatic delivery, but rather a moral investment of concern, of loving delight and pathos in exposing one's consciousness to the full horrific and magnificent implications of the materials. Kenny Smith
philosophical climbing hills
Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top. Margaret Thatcher
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. Oscar Wilde
philosophical passion self
It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval. Mark Twain
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.
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.
philosophical transcendence
Transcendence constitutes selfhood.
philosophical shepherds lord
The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
philosophical thinking thought-provoking
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
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. Nick Offerman
philosophical men words-of-wisdom
Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad. Michel de Montaigne