Any lore that widens people's horizons and presents food for thought is the beginning of philosophy
Chief Reuben O OgunyemiTo ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize
Blaise PascalAstonishment is the root of philosophy.
Paul TillichBecause 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 AquinasTrue philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
Victor CousinThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy (Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5)
William ShakespeareKeep 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 GibranHistory is philosophy from examples.
Dionysius Of HalicarnassusMy 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 ReaganDesign is not for philosophy - it's for life
Issey MiyakeI intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy.
Jose MourinhoArt requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Paul GauguinPhilosophy 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 NewtonPhilosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.
Gilbert RyleTo live each moment to the full, because the moment never comes again [on her life philosophy... deep!]
Shabnam ParyaniI am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.
Max BornPeople who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
W B YeatsPositivism: A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.
Ambrose BierceThere 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 IonescoAll philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
EpictetusMy 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 StraczynskiYou do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.
Constantine KaramanlisMan is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation. (Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, 1840)
William WhewellThe 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 BrowneI 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 RussellYour philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.
Jim RohnA fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
George Bernard ShawEditing a philosophy dictionary is jolly hard work!
Edward CraigPhilosophy 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 MenckenTo become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. (Idea of Progress)
William Ralph IngeOnly a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
Albert CamusAlways 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 IIThe philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
Henry Ward Beecher You're asking me to give insight into my personality or my philosophy of acting. I just don't think that deeply about it. What it means when I do this or that - I don't know. That's coming outside of myself. I prefer to live my life from inside of me, rather than come outside.
Tobey MaguireUltimately 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 BlairAn impossible lie is an impossible lie [well this particular piece of philosophy is hard to argue with!]
Bubba WatsonMy philosophy, like colour television, is all there in black and white.
Monty PythonPhilosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Ludwig WittgensteinMy 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 WinfreyLife 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 MazziniAll serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.
Ernest DimnetEnglishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labor of its unfamiliar thought.
W B YeatsThe 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 have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
Charles M Schulz Philosophy is the product of wonder.
Alfred North WhiteheadTruth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines. (Discussions on Philosophy)
Sir William HamiltonWhat has philosophy got to do with measuring anything?
Galileo GalileiThe 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 WeilA novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Jim Rohn
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