Philosophy Quotes

The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.

Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit.

Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.

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.

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.

Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring.

My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. It's not just what do you for yourself. It's how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isn't big anything better than the golden rule. It's in every major religion in one language or another.

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy.

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy.

Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.