Quotes by Philosophers

Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature. George Henry Lewes

Experience Real Personal Personal Experience Literature Basis

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them. George Henry Lewes

Men Nothing Live About Objects No Wonder Feel New Learn Wonder Familiar Ordinary Ordinary Men Them Nothing New Grow Among

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised. George Henry Lewes

Mind Superiority Thus Over Another Depends Experiences Which Organised

All great authors are seers. George Henry Lewes

Great Authors

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. George Henry Lewes

Art Imagination Philosophy Visible Both Invisible Render

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. George Henry Lewes

Men Imagination Degrees Exclusive Artists Belongs

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. George Henry Lewes

Art Language Only Through Also Affect After Us Use Symbols

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent. George Henry Lewes

Truth Man Law Dissent See No Law Generally Animosity Fails Announcing Him Accepted His Provoke Certain Views Compelling

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine. George Henry Lewes

Only Genuine Moved Public Really

Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving. George Henry Lewes

Beautiful Will Thought Beauty Style Faithful Emotion Real Real Emotion Endeavour Any Moving Your Express Expression

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes aware of them in his own conduct. George Herbert Mead

Character Language Own Group Others Address Gives Individual Through Thus Himself Becomes His Conduct Role Human Them Aware

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body. George Herbert Mead

Other Distinguishes Characteristic Object Objects Self Itself Body

No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology. George Herbert Mead

Drawn Individual Sharp Between Line Very Psychology Social

Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations. George Herbert Mead

Stupid Differences Settling Between Method Nations Different Interest Warfare Utterly

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. George Santayana

Intolerance Share Condemn Egotism Form

Habit is stronger than reason. George Santayana

Stronger Habit Than Reason

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world. George Santayana

Soul World Long Bubble Last

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. George Santayana

Others More Rational Institution Making Less Suffers

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots. George Santayana

Friendship People Mind Part Almost Another Spots Always Friends Union

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. George Santayana

Achievement Creative Prolific Seldom Periods Stirred Up Tranquillity Mankind

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. George Santayana

Knowledge Recognition Embrace Something Absent Salutation

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it. George Santayana

Good Nothing Sacrifices Make Much Enhances

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. George Santayana

Fashion Innovation Imitation Benefit Something Without Produces Reason