Philosophy Quotes

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.

My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

I begin to perceive that I am a woman. What that is, heaven knows... the philosophy is yet to be written, there is a world to be explored.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

In thus pointing out certain respects in which philosophy resembles literature more than science, I do not mean, of course, to imply that it would be well for philosophy if it ceased to aim at scientific rigor.

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.

"Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

If I can't find a project that I'm really interested in, I'll just go back to college where I've been studying art history and French. I'm also going to study English and philosophy - the whole curriculum!

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.

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.