Quotes about philosophical
philosophical looks temporal-things
We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things that are not seen are eternal. Madeleine L'Engle
philosophical writing practice
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy
philosophical animal thinking
What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty.
philosophical heart sight
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. Leo Rosten
philosophical mean reality
If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based on empirical knowledge. A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa, whether or not we like the implications. Lawrence M. Krauss
philosophical cat choices
Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat. 'I don't know,' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter. Lewis Carroll
philosophical exercise expression
Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the exercise of philosophical acuteness or judicial research. They are instruments of a practical nature, founded on the common business of human life, adapted to common wants, designed for common use, and fitted for common understandings. Joseph Story
philosophical civilization play
Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery. Joseph Wood Krutch
philosophical writing thoughtful
Most thoughts are only profiles of thoughts. They must be inverted and synthesized with their antipodes. Thus many philosophical writings become very interesting which would not have been so otherwise. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
philosophical thinking rivals
With respect to ingenious subconsciousness, I think, philosophers might well rival poets.
philosophical poetic rhetorical
The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry?
philosophical punishment evil
Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature John Locke
philosophical perspective evil
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
philosophical long world
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
philosophical ideas mind
The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
philosophical justice injustice
Where there is no property there is no injustice.
philosophical support virtue
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
philosophical knowledge science
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
philosophical fruit-of-labor wealth
All wealth is the product of labor.
philosophical government ends
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
philosophical character discipline
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
philosophical parenting bitterness
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
philosophical thinking wish
If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am? John Lancaster Spalding
philosophical phantoms steps
Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.
philosophical thinking people
A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere. John le Carre
philosophical thinking people
People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by use they become satisfied merely with seeing what is said, without going any further. Review and attention, and even forming a judgment, becomes fatigue; and to lay anything before them that requires it, is putting them quite out of their way. Joseph Butler
philosophical needs cards
Like any joker, he was watching For the card that is so high and wild He'll never need to deal another He was just some Joseph looking for a manger Leonard Cohen
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?
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
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.
philosophical animal discovery
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.