It Philosophy Quotes

You may have a beautiful philosophy, you may have lofty ideals, but what you will do with your philosophy and ideals is dependent entirely upon what you are inside yourself

Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.

The Beginning of Philosophy is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.

We're afraid to live, because we're afraid of dying.

The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered.

I remember a time when things were a lot more fun around here, when good was good and evil was evil, before things got fuzzy.

Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, a dream come true, I'll live there til I die.

My coaching philosophy? Determine your players talents and give them every weapon to get the most from those talents.

Man can no more leave God out of his philosophies than he can live without his heart or see without his eyes.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

Because men have so long ruled the world, it does not follow that the philosophy by which they have ruled it is the correct one.

I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife.

I had been reading this book about Zen Koan philosophy, and it was talking about the right here and the right now, and how important it is, and I was really trying to get there in my life.

I'm going to live my life like I've got one life to live.

My philosophy is very simple: when in doubt, take a bath.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy.

I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy.

Mindfulness of the body is awareness of... the taste and smell of this moment.

Gods induction, life's construction, these instruct will save every living thing. Can't you see that life's connected?

Anyone can keep going in an easy situation, but do you have a philosophy which can enable you to meet the worst hardship?

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after - and their subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys.

By abstaining from all definite content, whether as formal logic and theory of science or as the legend of Being beyond all beings, philosophy declared its bankruptcy regarding concrete social goals.

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee.

Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting.

There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched.

A sound philosophy of life, I think, may be the most valuable asset for a psychiatrist to have when he is treating a patient.

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

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.

Pleasantry is never good on serious points, because it always regards subjects in that point of view in which it is not the purpose to consider them.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

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

The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law

In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means.

I decline to accept the end of man.

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Geometry is one of the handles of science and philosophy.

The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!

The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.

I am one thing, my writings are another.

There isnt always an explanation for everything.

I only know that I know nothing

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.