Philosophy Quotes

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. Bertrand Russell
Great World Matter Men Animals Understanding Aim Philosophy Civilised Importance Most Practical Which Theoretical Even Savages
My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can. Columba Bush
Life Best Myself Respect Others Philosophy Tried Prove Children Teach
I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic. Deborah Kara Unger
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Albert Camus's 'La Peste' - 'The Plague' - had an enormous impact on me when I read it in high school French class, and I chose my senior yearbook quote from it. In college, I wrote a philosophy class paper on Camus and Sartre, and again chose my yearbook quote from 'La Peste.' Drew Gilpin Faust
Me Class School College Enormous Philosophy Paper High Impact High School Had French Wrote Read Yearbook La Senior Quote Again Plague Sartre Chose Albert
Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why. Eric Gill
Religion Man Philosophy He Know Without Makes Cannot Why
There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation. Eugene Ionesco
Life Religion Everyday Life Ideology Prison Live Think Everyday Alienation Considered Philosophy Does Which
My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons. Gene Simmons
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It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. George Santayana
Truth Simple Made Master Philosophy Pleases Consistent Easier Possible Fact Because False Than In Fact
My feeling or philosophy is closer to Taoism and Zen Buddhism, 'cause it's the most practical. Harry Dean Stanton
Cause Feeling Philosophy Buddhism Most Practical Closer Zen
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. Helena Blavatsky
Logical Every Difficulty Philosophy Must Reconcile Simply Know Most Because However Traditions Esoteric Right
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. Henry Ward Beecher
Sense Philosophy Common Common Sense Century Next
My philosophy of dating is to just fart right away. Jenny McCarthy
Philosophy Dating Just Fart Away Right Right Away
Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors. Jim Rohn
You Will Philosophy Determines Disciplines Go Continue Errors Whether Your
Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark. John Jewel
Knowledge Dark Philosophy Astrology Uncertain Geometry Human Human Knowledge
In 1987, I had my first opportunity to provide 'advice and consent' on a Supreme Court nominee. At that time, I stated that the qualifications essential for evaluating a nominee for the bench included 'integrity, character, legal competence and ability, experience, and philosophy and judicial temperament.' On that test, Elena Kagan fails. John McCain
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The Gospel is not a theory; the Gospel is not a philosophy or an idea; the Gospel is not a way of thinking or feeling. The Gospel is an event in history. John Piper
History Feeling Thinking Philosophy Way Idea Gospel Theory Event
I cannot live on myths; somehow, science convinces me more easily. I am prone to lean towards science, ethics, and philosophy rather than myth, religion, and rituals. Kamal Haasan
Religion Me Science Ethics Myth Live Philosophy Easily Prone Somehow Rather More Rituals Myths Towards Lean Am Than Cannot
There are areas of philosophy that are important, but I think of them as being subsumed by other fields. In the case of descriptive philosophy, you have literature or logic, which, in my view, is really mathematics. Lawrence M. Krauss
Mathematics You Important Think Other Philosophy Logic Case Area Being Literature Which Fields Them Really View Descriptive
Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. Liberty Hyde Bailey
Religion Science World Philosophy Remain Contemplation How Ultimate May Explain Eventually Why
Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy. Martin Heidegger
Suicide Philosophy Making Itself Intelligible
When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. Muhammad Iqbal
Truth Heart Philosophy Poetry Becomes Gets Burning Then
For me, my secularism is, India first. I say, the philosophy of my party is 'Justice to all. Appeasement to none.' This is our secularism. Narendra Modi
Me Justice First Party Our Philosophy Say Secularism India None Appeasement
The thing for me about Ayn Rand is that her philosophy is the only one applicable to the world today - in every sense. If you take her ideas, then take them farther in your own mind, you can find answers to pretty well everything on an individual basis. Neil Peart
Today Me You World Mind Own Sense Every Everything Rand Philosophy Find Pretty About Only Individual Take Ideas Well Answers Them Then Your Farther Her Thing Applicable Basis
A naturopath once told me you should never take antibiotics except if you have pneumonia, a kidney infection or some other serious illness. That's my philosophy, too. Pamela Sue Martin
Me You Too Other Once Philosophy Kidney Some Except Take Never Never Take Antibiotics Infection Should Illness Serious
That's a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals. Peter Singer
Life Good Family Ethics Face Strangers Live Good Life Philosophy Those Part Individuals Questions Owe Which Central
My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around. Richard Branson
Money Philosophy Invest New Ventures Around Sitting Any
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