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philosophical virtue reason
True virtue is life under the direction of reason. Baruch Spinoza
philosophical passion emotion
I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature Baruch Spinoza
philosophical interesting house
'Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because Gruen is not quite prepared for the philosophical implications of her subject, it is not as deeply involving emotionally or as interesting thematically as it could be. Jane Smiley
philosophical writing heart
Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against vanity want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it. Blaise Pascal
philosophical boredom sides
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical adversity doubt
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical pessimism stubbornness
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical men lasts
The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical willpower minus
Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity. Arthur Schopenhauer
evil moments being-true
Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me. Alain Badiou
evil president bob
During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, 'There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.' Al Franken
evil mind injustice
We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists... to understand how those evil things came about. Jared Diamond
evil eye glaring hear los outside reform sacramento washington
The only possibility of reform in Los Angeles, which is a 'see no, hear no evil' city, is if there is the glaring eye of outside investigators from Sacramento and from Washington D.C., B. R. Hayden
evil television robots
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing. Daniel H. Wilson
evil politics
There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil. Bob Dole
evil solitude stem
All evil stems from this-that we do. Know how to handle your solitude. Blaise Pascal
evil my-best-friend sake
If Christ has died for me - ungodly as I am, without strength as I am - then I can no longer live in sin, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me. I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. I must be holy for his sake. How can I live in sin when He has died to save me from it? Charles Spurgeon
evil choices slides
You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide. Charles R. Swindoll
religion intellectual slacker
God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker. C. S. Lewis
religion firsts whiskey
Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion? Brigham Young
religion-and-politics supposed-to-be
Religion and politics are supposed to be separate. Eleanor Clift
religion important nationality
The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life. Eleanor Roosevelt
religion atheism christ
The work that Christ started but could not finish, I - Adolf Hitler - will conclude. Adolf Hitler
religion technique sole
Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values. Allen Tate
religion followers type
No religion can be considered in abstraction from its followers, or even from its various types of followers. Alfred North Whitehead
religion atheism lasts
Religion is the last refuge of human savagery. Alfred North Whitehead
religion vertebrates
God: a gaseous vertebrate. Aldous Huxley