It Philosophy Quotes

Infancy conforms to nobody; all conform to it.

The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life.

The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.

Philosophers are never happy here. Now is not their time, and here is not their space. They live there, they live somewhere else.

Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.

I find it's a very positive movement and something you can do every day in little ways. Our philosophy on the website (www.greenissexy.org) is not to have green guilt, do what you can.

Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art.

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

All great ideas are dangerous.

This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.

To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute.

There is no other start to philosophy but wonder.

God is a geometrician.

There is a ... matter - much more valuable and divine than natural philosophy . ... On this matter I must speak to you in enigmas.

Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.

This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.

No reality transforms itself.

Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.

The poem of the understanding is philosophy.

The basic philosophy behind [switch putting] is you always want a hook putt. So for a left-to-right breaking putt, you're going to want to hit it left-handed and vice versa.

And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.

Existentialism is the kind of philosophy that makes for legendary children.

We have learned to live in a world of mistakes and defective products as if they were necessary to life. It is time to adopt a new philosophy in America.

To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.

It seems essential to try to find some meaning to life and I guess Jungian philosophy is the one that's helped me understand myself and the world more than anything else.

The ideas within this philosophy are certainly not exclusive to any writer.

It's easy to get buried in the past when you try to make a good thing last.

The man in between waits between the two, not hearing the lie and not seeing the true. Unknowing what is and denying what seems, and there he will sleep, the man in between.

Art has no need of philosophical arguments, it does not follow the signposts of philosophical systems; Art like life, dictates systems to philosophy.

Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion.

Rights might be universal but their enforcement must be local.

Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or error.

Philosophy is everybody's business.

Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.

So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.

Reality has always proved to be much more sophisticated and subtle than any preconceived philosophy.

The only philosophy is that of language, the only religion is that of the word.

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read wildly, and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.

Since philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, and since children need to learn it as much as we do at other ages, why do we not instruct them in it?

No doubt metaphors are dangerous- and perhaps especially so in philosophy. But a prohibition against their use would be a willful and harmful restriction upon our powers of inquiry.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

Without poetry our science will appear incomplete, and most of what now passes with us for religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry.

Talking high philosophy often confuses people, but a look from an egoless person can lift the clouds of pain and despair.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide.