Aristotle Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Mean Quotes

Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest — I mean we are not concerned to know what goodness essentially is, but how we are to become good men, for this alone gives the study its practical value — we must apply our minds to the solution of the problems of conduct.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Mean Quotes

Things bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Philosophical Quotes

The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Laughter Quotes , Philosophy Quotes

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabb

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : John Milton Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Charming Quotes

The art of writing has for backbone some fierce attachment to an idea.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Art Quotes , Philosophy Quotes

As a human being it is just my nature to enjoy and share philosophy. I do this in the same way that some birds are eagles and some doves, some flowers lilies and some roses.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Flower Quotes

My origami creations, in accordance with the laws of nature, require the use of geometry, science, and physics. They also encompass religion, philosophy, and biochemistry. Overall, I want you to discover the joy of creation by your own handthe possibility of creation from paper is infinite.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Akira Yoshizawa Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Law Quotes

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Bears Quotes

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Ignorance Quotes

Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Hate Quotes , Philosophy Quotes

How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Doe Quotes

He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Laozi Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Doe Quotes

Philosophy begins in wonder.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Plato Quotes , Education Quotes , Philosophy Quotes

I am not much of a hand at love songs, you see I mingle metaphysics with even this, but perhaps in this age of Philosophy that may be excused.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes , Song Quotes , Philosophy Quotes

The modern habit of saying "This is my opinion, but I may be wrong" is entirely irrational. If I say that it may be wrong, I say that is not my opinion. The modern habit of saying "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" – the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Moon Quotes

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Butler Yeats Quotes , Wisdom Quotes , Philosophy Quotes

It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to invent a new religion.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Artist Quotes

I don't talk politics and I don't talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Expression Quotes

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Not Giving Up Quotes

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the newest philosophy, that man is one, and that you cannot injure any member, without a sympathetic injury to all the members

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Men Quotes