Quotes about philosophy
philosophy thinking shoes
If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone. Waylon Jennings
philosophy mean doe
When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy. Voltaire
philosophy religion superstitions
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. William Ralph Inge
philosophy school may
To behold, is not necessary to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It is much to be regretted that habits of exact observation are not cultivated in our schools; to this deficiency may be traced much of the fallacious reasoning, the false philosophy which prevails. Wilhelm von Humboldt
philosophy small-numbers humanity
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very small number; and the life of the greater part of mankind must be lost in empty wishes and painful comparisons, were not the balm of philosophy shed upon us, and our discontent at the appearances of unequal distribution soothed and appeased. Samuel Johnson
philosophy believe i-believe
My connection to Santa Fe is very closely, and continuously a connection with Reid. I believe in him and his philosophy of photographic education. Sam Abell
philosophy discipline trying
To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live.
philosophy soul wake-up
Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you. Rufus Wainwright
philosophy elude-us air
General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not the less necessary because we neither see nor feel it. William Hazlitt
philosophy race support
I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs. Wendell Willkie
philosophy serenity philosopher
The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things. W. Somerset Maugham
philosophy easy
It's easy to confuse a woman for a philosophy Zadie Smith
philosophy law people
Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If there is anything in my philosophy, it is the law of harmony: that one must put oneself in harmony with oneself and with others. Hazrat Inayat Khan
philosophy priorities substance
Philosophy is the science of estimating values. The superiority of any state or substance over another is determined by philosophy. By assigning a position of primary importance to what remains when all that is secondary has been removed, philosophy thus becomes the true index of priority or emphasis in the realm of speculative thought. Manly Hall
philosophy guiding-principles often-is
The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do so effectively only if he is not concerned with what is now politically possible but consistently defends the "general principles which are always the same." In this sense I doubt whether there can be such a thing as a conservative political philosophy. Conservatism may often be a useful practical maxim, but it does not give us any guiding principles which can influence long-range developments. Friedrich August von Hayek
philosophy want sound
Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound. Ludwig Wittgenstein
philosophy irritation long
Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered?
philosophy skills philosopher
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.
philosophy doors trying
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.
philosophy tasks analysis
The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.
philosophy philosophical body
Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations.
philosophy use may
Philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language; it can in the end only describe it.
philosophy common-sense three
Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so deeply into the problem that the common sense answer is unbearable, and to get from that situation back to the commonsense answer.
philosophy limits unthinkable
Philosophy limits the thinkable and therefore the unthinkable.
philosophy simple thinking
Philosophy unravels the knots in our thinking; hence its results must be simple, but its activity is as complicated as the knots that it unravels.
philosophy giving tasks
Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. ...Without philosophy thoughts are, as it were, cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries.
philosophy opposites important
A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide.
philosophy philosophical mean
In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical question may easily be unfair; disposing of it by means of another question is not.
philosophy fighting expression
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.
philosophy philosophical silence
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
philosophy philosophical mean
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
philosophy garden tree
I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy.
philosophy philosophical humor
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.