Quotes about philosophic
philosophic ideals altars
All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods. William James
philosophical eye lovers
Who can blind lover's eyes? Virgil
philosophical
We can't all do everything.
philosophical enemy strategy
Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
philosophical time-passes
Time passes irrevocably.
philosophical helping unfortunate
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
philosophical reality mind
The sole "property" of matter with whose recognition philosophical materialism is bound up is the property of being an objective reality, of existing outside the mind. Vladimir Lenin
philosophical autumn wind
In a world of universal poverty The philosophers alone will be fat Against the autumn winds In an autumn that will be perpetual. Wallace Stevens
philosophical clouds speech
Funest philosophers and ponderers, Their evocations are the speech of clouds.
philosophical character men
The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles and character of farce, as distinguished from comedy and from entertainments. A proper farce is mainly distinguished from comedy by the licence allowed, and even required, in the fable, in order to produce strange and laughable situations. The story need not be probable, it is enough that it is possible. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
philosophical discovery secret
In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. W. S. Gilbert
philosophical listening asking
See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking. W. H. Auden
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 delight care
Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights. Roger Ebert
philosophical sea ships
We must not leap to the fatalistic conclusion that we are stuck with the conceptual scheme that we grew up in. We can change it, bit by bit, plank by plank, though meanwhile there is nothing to carry us along but the evolving conceptual scheme itself. The philosopher's task was well compared by Neurath to that of a mariner who must rebuild his ship on the open sea. Willard Van Orman Quine
philosophical perfect catholic
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. Saint Augustine
philosophical believe men
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
philosophical evil religion
There is no possible source of evil except good.
philosophical eye light
And I entered and beheld with the eye of my soul... the Light Unchangeable... He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows Eternity.
philosophical eulogy doe
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
philosophical believe soul
If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
philosophical heart quiet
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
philosophical reason weak
We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone
philosophical adversity son
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
philosophical wilting grants
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
philosophical evil firsts
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
philosophical men perfection
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
philosophical sins-not forsaken
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
philosophical punishment justice
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
philosophical evil judging
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
philosophical men rabbits
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? Zhuangzi
philosophical writing rome
If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero. Voltaire
philosophical poverty comfort
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.