Quotes about philosophical
philosophical hands catholic
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. Thomas Aquinas
philosophical thoughtful love-is
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
philosophical animal race
Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy. Terry Pratchett
philosophical who-we-are
We all can be only who we are, no more, no less. Terry Goodkind
philosophical mean reality
Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know. Ted Chiang
philosophical reality trying
When you're young you try to be methodical and philosophical, but reality keeps breaking in. Randall Jarrell
philosophical men he-man
The man who renounces himself, comes to himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
philosophical men needs
A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
philosophical vocabulary giving
I'm very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don't get to the philosophical side. Shaquille O'Neal
philosophical form lasting
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle. Marcus Aurelius
philosophical ambition men
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
philosophical men sake
Men exist for the sake of one another.
philosophical persons happens
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
philosophical inspiration being-alone
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
philosophical men live-well
Where a man can live, he can also live well.
philosophical forever keep-moving-forward
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
philosophical taken eternity
He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.
philosophical historical
Anger cannot be dishonest.
philosophical vivid-imagination understanding
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
philosophical loving-yourself self-acceptance
Be content to seem what you really are.
philosophical mindfulness
Confine yourself to the present.
philosophical years doctors
Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week. Robert Louis Stevenson
philosophical writing men
It has been said that to write is to live forever. The man who said that is dead. Tina Fey
philosophical years two
We can either have a twenty-first-century conversation about morality and the human well-being - a conversation in which we avail ourselves of all scientific insights and philosophical arguments that have accumulated in the last two thousand years of human discourse - or we can confine ourselves to a first-century conversation as it is preserved in the Bible. Sam Harris
philosophical giving society
If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every student just for being enrolled. You destroy not only education, you destroy society by giving A's to everyone. This is a philosophical consideration that bothers me very much as I sit in the United States Senate and see the great budget allocations going through. S. I. Hayakawa
philosophical character writing
Like Flannery O'Connor, McCorkle's genius is to give us both philosophical speculation and a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters. Great writing, poignancy, humor, wisdom-all are in abundance here. Jill McCorkle is one of the South's greatest writers; she is also one of America's. Ron Rash
philosophical writing smoking
Good evening, Lord Corwin,' said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good evening, Roger. How are things in the nether world?' A rat, a bat, a spider. Nothing much else astir. Peaceful.' You enjoy this duty?' He nodded. I am writing a philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity. I work on those parts down here. Roger Zelazny
philosophical vistas toothache
Even the most heartening of philosophical vistas is no match for, say, a toothache, if it happens to be your own.
philosophical writing color
Russell's prose has been compared by T.S. Eliot to that of David Hume's. I would rank it higher, for it had more color, juice, and humor. But to be lucid, exciting and profound in the main body of one's work is a combination of virtues given to few philosophers. Bertrand Russell has achieved immortality by his philosophical writings. Sidney Hook
philosophical metaphor universe
The entire universe is nothing but a great metaphor. Simone Weil
philosophical games good-years
You have good games, you have bad games. You have good years, you have bad years. I have always been kind of philosophical about that. Steve Nash
philosophical order world
For what are myths if not the imposing of order on phenomena that do not possess order in themselves? And all myths, however they differ from philosophical systems and scientific theories, share this with them, that they negate the principle of randomness in the world. Stanislaw Lem
philosophical leafs stuck
We are like snails, each stuck to his own leaf.