Famous Quotes & Sayings

Emile M. Cioran

As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think.

Emile M. Cioran

All philosophers should end their days at Pythia’s feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments.

Emile M. Cioran

Philosophy is a corrective against sadness. Yet there still are people who believe in the profundity of philosophy!

Ellen Glasgow

There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy.

Erez Lieberman Aiden

I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly in retrospect, that if I just understood math and physics and philosophy, I could figure out everything else from first principles.

Epictetus

The Beginning of Philosophy is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

Epictetus

What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?

Epicurus

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.

Epicurus

Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul.

Epicurus

Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.

Epicurus

Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.

Epicurus

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

Epicurus

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

Epicurus

Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

Epicurus

In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.

Epictetus

Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.

Epictetus

If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a philosopher arisen among us! or How came you by that brow of scorn? But do you cherish no scorn, but hold to those things which seem to you the best, as one set by God in that place. Remember too, that if you abide in those ways, those who first mocked you, the same shall afterwards reverence you; but if you yield to them, you will be laughed at twice as much as before.

Epictetus

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

Epictetus

A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.

We still have the same (offensive) philosophy. We spread it out and put the weight on the quarterback's shoulders.

Steve McNair

Everybody's got their own philosophy on durability. Fortunately for him, he hasn't got hurt, and so be it. But if he was specifically talking about me, that's no problem with me.

It's always been Tom's philosophy and to this day that if we are going to do it -- we are going to do it right.

Elle Macpherson

It's like the underwear in the sense that they are premium products at competitive prices. I spent a long time researching the products, and the philosophy is the same as the lingerie.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

It is a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy.

Neil Young

Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.

Neil Young

No one has the answers, but one thing is true. You got to turn on evil, when its coming after you.

Neil Young

Bad news is just an excuse.

Neil Young

It's easy to get buried in the past when you try to make a good thing last.

Nic Pizzolatto

The ideas within this philosophy are certainly not exclusive to any writer,

Niccolo Machiavelli

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

Nelson Goodman

I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth.

Noah Taylor

It seems essential to try to find some meaning to life and I guess Jungian philosophy is the one that's helped me understand myself and the world more than anything else.

Noah Webster

Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In America, the foundational religion was Christianity. And it was sown in the hearts of Americans through the home and private and public schools for centuries. Our liberty, growth, and prosperity was the result of a Biblical philosophy of life. Our continued freedom and success is dependent on our educating the youth of America in the principles of Christianity.