Quotes about philosophical
philosophical writing men
When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.' Epictetus
philosophical laughing
Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
philosophical reality justice
Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Epicurus
philosophical men justice
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
philosophical crowds mass
The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
philosophical loss envy
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
philosophical hard-times skills
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
philosophical passion thee
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
philosophical religion treasure
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
philosophical evil religion
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
philosophical eyeglasses drunk
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
philosophical practice discipline
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
philosophical libertarian moderation
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
philosophical difficulty shows
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
philosophical anchors childhood
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
philosophical writing wish
If you wish to be a writer, write.
philosophical believe desire
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
philosophical silence quiet
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
philosophical trying way
...while there is such a thing as correctness in ethics, in interpretation, in mathematics, the way to understand that is not by trying to model it on the ways in which we get things right in physics.... Hilary Putnam
philosophical reality names
Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death. Heraclitus
philosophical thought-provoking together
If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
philosophical wrestling athlete
Ted Seabrooke, my wrestling coach, had a kind of Nietzschean effect on me in terms of not just his estimation of my limited abilities, but his decidedly philosophical stance about how to conduct your life, what you should do to compensate for your limitations. This was essential to me, both as a student - and not a good one - and as a wrestler who was not a natural athlete but who had found something he loved. John Irving
philosophical men opposites
Capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they cannot co-exist in the same man or in the same society. Ayn Rand
philosophical science engineering
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. Bertrand Russell
philosophical animal men
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
philosophical ideas political
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. Benjamin Disraeli
philosophical youth young
it is harder to be philosophical when you are young. Eleanor Roosevelt
philosophical lucky feels
I feel lucky, happy and philosophical about it all. Greta Scacchi
philosophical men hypocrisy
If you are a seer, whenever you meet a man you will see all that he owns, ay, and much that he pretends to disown, behind him. Henry David Thoreau
philosophical boys vision
Beside some philosophers of larger vision, Carlyle stands like an honest, half-despairing boy, grasping at some details only of their world systems.
philosophical thinking thoughtful
As our domestic fowls are said to have their original in the wild pheasant of India, so our domestic thoughts have their prototypes in the thoughts of her philosophers.
philosophical hero men
When we want culture more than potatoes, and illumination more than sugar-plums, then the great resources of a world are taxed anddrawn out, and the result, or staple production, is, not slaves, nor operatives, but men,--those rare fruits called heroes, saints, poets, philosophers, and redeemers.
philosophical animal self
I have just been through the process of killing a cistudo for the sake of science; but I cannot excuse myself for this murder, and see that such actions are inconsistent with the poetic perception, however they may serve science, and will affect the quality of my observations. I pray that I may walk more innocently and serenely through nature. No reasoning whatever reconciles me to this act. It affects my day injuriously. I have lost some self-respect. I have a murderer's experience to a degree.