Philosophy Quotes

The human spirit is more powerful than any drug - and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.

Martial arts have two parts. One is external, other internal. The external is physical part. The internal is philosophy of how to be, what kind of person learns martial arts.

Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women.

Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.

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.

I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport. If you stay in your comfort zone, you're not going to do anything special.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

Politics is more difficult than physics.

If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy.

the power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead.

We were just killing time, we were young and restless, and needed to unwind. There ain't nothing that lasts forever, forever.

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it

Don't judge me, you could be me in another life.

My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

We are born into this world unarmed - our mind is our only weapon.

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

Life is a constant process of dying.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

Design is not for philosophy it's for life.

Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.

There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician.

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency.

If a man who can’t count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?

The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. Yes sir. How's that for a bit of homespun philosophy?

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Life is a lemon and I want my money back.

Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun. No sense in sitting there hating everyone.

Knowledge is justified belief.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any

Psychology teaches us at every step that though two types of activity can have the same external manifestation, whether in origin or essence, their nature may differ most profoundly.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight.

Only that which is directed toward definite goals, which in turn are founded on sound educational philosophy, can be ultimately meaningful. The principles must always precede the activities.

Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing.

People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.

UFO's attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more I want to believe this, but I want it proved.

A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort

I'm the mirror to your mood, you hate me and I hate you.

My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.

My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy.