Quotes about phil
philosophical pages hegel
In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical treatment trifles
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
philosophical greatness men
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
philosophy differences wake-up
Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. - To realize that it's just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up. Bruce Lee
philosophical thinking martial-arts
If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible.
philosophical self execution
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
philosophy thinking long
June [Hillary] had been doing all these things - the Himalayas and all the rest of it - so we had done things together for a long time, and, particularly as far as our Sherpas were concerned, we had a very sound, I think, philosophy. So that made it very easy for us to agree on what should be done. Edmund Hillary
philosophy mean men
The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things in which the liberty of no one man, and no body of men, and no number of men, can find means to trespass on the liberty of any person, or any description of persons, in the society. This kind of liberty is, indeed, but another name for justice. Edmund Burke
philosophical youth young
it is harder to be philosophical when you are young. Eleanor Roosevelt
philosophy buddhism common-sense
Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience. Edward Abbey
philosophy mean men
Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest — I mean we are not concerned to know what goodness essentially is, but how we are to become good men, for this alone gives the study its practical value — we must apply our minds to the solution of the problems of conduct. Aristotle
philosophical class perfect
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
philosophy wonder
Philosophy begins with wonder.
philosophy creativity reflection
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers. Deepak Chopra
philip year
We think it's the year of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
philosophy support borders
I emphatically do not assert the general 'truth' of this philosophy of punctuational change. Any attempt to support the exclusive validity of such a grandiose notion would border on the nonsensical. Stephen Jay Gould
philosophy mind prejudice
Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens their minds to a wider world. Dorothea Brande
philosophy army should-have
The point is, that the function of the novel seems to be changing; it has become an outpost of journalism; we read novels for information about areas of life we don't know - Nigeria, South Africa, the American army, a coal-mining village, coteries in Chelsea, etc. We read to find out what is going on. One novel in five hundred or a thousand has the quality a novel should have to make it a novel - the quality of philosophy. Doris Lessing
philosophy should-have quality
One novel in five hundred or a thousand has the quality a novel should have to make it a novel -- the quality of philosophy.
philosophy philosophical men
Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life. Dale Carnegie
philosophy two common-purpose
In every physical action, unless it is purely mechanical, there is concealed some inner action, some feelings. This is how the two levels of life in a part are created, the inner and the outer. They are intertwined. A common purpose brings them together and reinforces the unbreakable bond. Constantin Stanislavski
philosophy connections helpful
I've always had philosophy, which has been really helpful for me, getting into the business. I didn't have any connections. I didn't know anyone. It was just about my work. Daniel Radcliffe
philosophy knowledge profit
There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician. Daniel Bernoulli
philosophy believe men
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is. Daniel Boone
philosophy want stories
[FBI] philosophy is "Go ahead and make the story you want to make, and hopefully we'll love it." So that's that. Clint Eastwood
philosophy medicine nerves
I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. e. e. cummings
philosophy devil matter
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter - philosopher, scold, jester, raconteur, confidant, pundit, devil's advocate, enthusiast. E. B. White
philosophy struggle two
Only in the struggle between two philosophies can the weapon of brutal force, persistently and ruthlessly applied, lead to a decision for the side it supports. Adolf Hitler
philosophy race views
The folkish philosophy is fundamentally distinguished from the Marxist by reason of the fact that the former recognizes the significance of race and therefore also personal worth and has made these the pillars of its structure. These are the most important factors of its view of life.
philosophy community political
Benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual
philosophy people community
I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle:benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.
philosophy cold materialism
A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day. Adam Sedgwick
philosophy men world
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.