I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
Charles M Schulz 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 IonescoUltimately it was stifling because it sought to embrace in its philosophy every facet of existence [on Marxism]. That, of course, is its attraction to many
Tony BlairHistory is philosophy from examples.
Dionysius Of HalicarnassusHe could dismiss several schools of philosophy by shifting slightly in his chair or toting his whisky glass. [on Dave Allen]
Dylan MoranAlways presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make you timid. [Philosophy of life for a monarch]
Frederick IIYour philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.
Jim RohnPhilosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man has as good be engaged in law suits as have to do with her (letter to Edmund Halley)
Sir Isaac NewtonI intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy.
Jose MourinhoYou do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.
Constantine KaramanlisI am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.
Max BornThe philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
Henry Ward Beecher The proper method of philosophy consists in clearly conceiving the insoluble problems in all their insolubility and then in simply contemplating them, fixedly and tirelessly, year after year, without any hope, patiently waiting.
Simone WeilI think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
Bertrand RussellPhilosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Ludwig WittgensteinMy philosophy, like colour television, is all there in black and white.
Monty PythonAnd new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.
John DonneBecause philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Sir Thomas AquinasOnly a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
Albert CamusKeep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
Kahlil GibranAny lore that widens people's horizons and presents food for thought is the beginning of philosophy
Chief Reuben O OgunyemiThe boundary between philosophy and fiction is not as clear cut as you may think and the two definitely interact.
Ken FolletTrue philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
Victor CousinPeople who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
W B YeatsDesign is not for philosophy - it's for life
Issey MiyakeMy philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah WinfreyMy philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
Ronald ReaganArt requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Paul GauguinEditing a philosophy dictionary is jolly hard work!
Edward CraigTo become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. (Idea of Progress)
William Ralph IngePsychiatry's chief contribution to philosophy is the discovery that the toilet is the seat of the soul.
Alexander ChaseAny genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Henry MillerTo live each moment to the full, because the moment never comes again [on her life philosophy... deep!]
Shabnam ParyaniThe propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not describe the behaviour of physical, or even mental, objects; they express definitions, or the formal consequences of definitions. [Ayer was a logical positivist]
A J AyerAny philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
Sydney HarrisAstonishment is the root of philosophy.
Paul TillichWhat has philosophy got to do with measuring anything?
Galileo GalileiAll serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.
Ernest DimnetThe modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
GalbraithI do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
Benedict SpinozaHistory is philosophy teaching by example.
DionysiusThe sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well rooted.
John AspinallTo believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
Sir Thomas BrowneLife is a mission. Every other definition of life is false, and leads all who accept it astray. Religion, science, philosophy, though still at variance upon many points, all agree in this, that every existence is an aim.
Giuseppe MazziniMy philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out. (Second philosophy behind that one: when in doubt, roll in a grenade and come in firing.)
J Michael StraczynskiPhilosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.
Gilbert RyleThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy (Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5)
William ShakespearePhilosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
Henry L MenckenPhilosophy will clip an angel's wings.
John KeatsPhilosophy is the product of wonder.
Alfred North Whitehead
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