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To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.
~philosophical quotes sayings by Friedrich Nietzsche
Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science.
~inspirational sayings about Philosophical quotes by Henry David Thoreau
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.
~philosophical quotes by Martin L. Gross, A Call for Revolution, 1993
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
~famous quotes about Friendship by C.S. Lewis
Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses: We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the Author.
~philosophical sayings by John Keats
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?
~philosophical quotes sayings by Chuang Tzu
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.
~inspirational sayings about Angels quotes by John Keats
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
~philosophical quotes by Niels Bohr
If everybody contemplates the infinite instead of fixing the drains, many of us will die of cholera.
~famous quotes about Philosophy by John Rich
We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it.
~philosophical sayings by Albert Szent-Györgyi
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
~philosophical quotes sayings by Navajo Proverb
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
~inspirational sayings about College quotes by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough.
~philosophical quotes by William Blake, Proverbs of Hell
A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence.
~famous quotes about Philosophical by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
~philosophical sayings by Louisa May Alcott, in Life, Letters, and Journals, ed. E.D. Cheney, 1889
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
~philosophical quotes sayings by Anatole France
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth
~good sayings about Earth Day by Henry David Thoreau
Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery.
~philosophical quotes by Martha Graham
It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.
~motivational quotes about Golf sayings by Nubar Gulbenkian, 1972
Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers.
~philosophical sayings by Pam Brown
I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.
~philosophical quotes sayings by Gene Perret
Spring is nature's way of saying, Let's party!
~good sayings about Spring by Robin Williams
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
~philosophical quotes by David Dunham
All art requires courage.
~motivational quotes about Art sayings by Anne Tucker
New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
~philosophical sayings by David Letterman
Save money. If you don’t need it for security, you need it for character. There’s little character in poverty.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
~good sayings about Thinking by Christian N. Bovee
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
~philosophical quotes by Elbert Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927
Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.
~motivational quotes about Self-Discovery sayings by Russell Lynes
You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder
~philosophical sayings by Unknown
There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.
~philosophical quotes sayings by Pliny, about the opal
Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.
~good sayings about Fear by Shirley Maclaine
Laziness will cause you pain.
~philosophical quotes by Slogan on T-shirt worn at the Vee Arnis Jitsu School of Self-Defense
As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the perfect representation of God.
~motivational quotes about Jesus Christ sayings by St Ambrose
In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people.
~philosophical sayings by Brooks Atkinson
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