Quotes About Philosophy

O philosophy, you leader of life.

Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion.

At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.

Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.

Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

It is of note that for a long time moral nihilism was a kind of unquestioned default position in analytic moral philosophy.

Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed.

My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.

As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think.

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it.

Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.

Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

As a human being it is just my nature to enjoy and share philosophy. I do this in the same way that some birds are eagles and some doves, some flowers lilies and some roses.

The philosophy of waiting is sustained by all the oracles of the universe.

I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?

Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.

When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.

Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato,--at once the glory and the shame of mankind, since neither Saxon nor Roman have availed to add any idea to his categories.

Philosophy must indeed recognize the possibility that the people rise to it, but must not lower itself to the people.