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philosophy feelings given
The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling. C. S. Lewis
philosophy mean doe
Nature does not teach. A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy. Nature will not verify any theological or metaphysical proposition (or not in the manner we are now considering); she will help to show what it means.
philosophy kind learning-experience
What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.
philosophy views stones
I felt that my views and philosophies had been changed overnight. The philosophies that i had gladly carved in stone, recited and danced upon. Cecelia Ahern
philosophy reflection study
I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter. Antoni Tapies
philosophy raw-materials technique
The philosophies that have been inspired by scientific technique are power philosophies, and tend to regard everything non-human as mere raw material. Ends are no longer considered; only the skillfulness of the process is valued. This also is a form of madness. It is, in our day, the most dangerous form, and the one against which a sane philosophy should provide an antidote Bertrand Russell
philosophy men common
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'
philosophy taken common-sense
The doctrine (of) maintaining that the language of daily life, with words used in their ordinary meanings, suffices for philosophy . . . I find myself totally unable to accept . . . . Because it makes almost inevitable the perpetuation amongst philosophers of the muddle-headedness they have taken over from common sense.
philosophy greatness mind
Through the greatness of the universe, which philosophy contemplates, the mind also is rendered great, and becomes capable of that union with the universe which constitutes its highest good.
sublime
From sublime to ridiculousness there is only one step. Napoleon Bonaparte
sublime alternatives lessons
Sublime places repeat in grand terms a lesson that ordinary life typically teaches viciously: that the universe is mightier than we are, that we are frail and temporary and have no alternative but to accept limitations on our will; that we must bow to necessities greater than ourselves. Alain de Botton
sublime realization world
True, when you behold Damascus from the Salahiyeh, the last slope of the Anti-Lebanon, it is the realization of all that you have dreamed of Oriental splendor; the world has no picture more dazzling. It is Beauty carried to the Sublime, as I have felt when overlooking some boundless forest of palms within the tropics. Bayard Taylor
sublime use way
The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word. Bodhidharma
sublime infinity source
One source of the sublime is infinity. Edmund Burke
sublime sorrow christianity
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
sublime events wonderful
What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations. Benjamin Disraeli
sublime tiny spirit
Sometimes I feel quite distinctly that what is inside me is not all of me. There is something else, sublime, quite indestructible, some tiny fragment of the Universal spirit.Don't you feel that? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
sublime half world
To make this trivial world sublime, take half a gram of phanerothyme. Aldous Huxley
scripture ethical knows
Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask.
scripture study ifs
Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them... Benjamin Rush
scripture shall
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Bible Bible
scripture needs should
You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture. Charles Spurgeon
scripture holy form
The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed.
scripture christ print
The scriptures are in print what Christ is in person. Aiden Wilson Tozer
scripture charity sole
All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity. Blaise Pascal
scripture doe endure
A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time. Richard G. Scott
scripture worship invisible
The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship. Austin Farrer