Philosophy Quotes

A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

The Occultists, however, know that the traditions of Esoteric Philosophy must be the right ones, simply because they are the most logical, and reconcile every difficulty.

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.

My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a 14 gauge.

When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

Without the communist oppression, I am absolutely sure I would now be a local stupid professor of philosophy in Ljubljana.

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what he really believes.

If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.

I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.

Evolution is a bankrupt speculative philosophy, not a scientific fact.

But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.

The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

I always wanted to see if I could sell a movie to the public without doing any marketing because my philosophy was like, hey man, I'm reaching my audience everyday. I'm twittering with them. I'm in direct contact with them on the podcast.

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch.

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.