Quotes About Philosophy

O Socrates, the universe cannot for one instant endure to be only what it is. It is strange to think that that which is All cannot be sufficient unto itself!

Skilled verse is the work of a profound skeptic.

Admirable man, who know teeth by dreams, think you that all those of philosophers are decayed?

Une philosophie doit etre portative.

But Socrates cannot but have been meditating upon something?... Can he ever remain solitary with himself -- and silent to his very soul!

Sentimentul de a fi tot si evidenta de a nu fi nimic.

Svaki filosofski Sistem gde Telo ?oveka ne igra jednu fundamentalnu ulogu, jeste nespretan, nesretan. Saznanje ima telo ?oveka za granicu.

La philosophie ne consiste-t-elle pas, après tout, à faire semblant d'ignorer ce que l'on sait et de savoir ce que l'on ignore?

La définition du Beau: il est ce qui désespère.

Quem é mais estranho a si do que aquele que se sente a ver o que vê?

It is almost as if the decline of the idea of eternity coincided with the increasing aversion to sustained effort.

Il faut donc que notre esprit s'excite soi-même à se défaire de sa stupeur et à se reprendre de cette solennelle et immobile surprise qui lui causent le sentiment d'être tout, et l'évidence de n'être rien.

Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist.

There is no theory that is not a fragment, carefully prepared, of some autobiography.

Filosofische posities krijgen hun ware objectiviteit alleen wanneer de lezer ze zich zelf toeëigent, wanneer hij ze voor eigen rekening zelf na-denkt, en zo de gedachten van anderen tot zijn eigen, opnieuw persoonlijke gedachten maakt.

Het is dan ook geen toeval dat Aristoteles zijn visie op kennis uitwerkt in twee boeken die gewijd zijn aan ethiek, want kennis is daaraan ondergeschikt. Waardevrije kennis bestaat niet, evenmin als wetenschap zonder passie.

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better.

Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps...this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self.

You know there isn't much to do in life once you fall though the surface of things.

The most basic question of all cannot be answered: Who are you?

Though outwardly Kristina maintained that a clean room was a symptom of a diseased mind (for how could she, while studying the world's greatest thinkers, be bothered with such mundane earthly issues as cleaning?), inwardly she hated untidyness and made a point of spending as little time in the room as possible.

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.

I was maybe 19 years old. And I always remember that it was a great feeling of happiness. Because of that, I said to Myles that it's no different for me if I am read­ing poetry or if I am reading Marx. I try to get the beauty in the very act of reading, you see. This is for me something that many times teachers don't try to do.

Quem nasce com coração? Coração tem que ser feito. Já tenho uma porção Me infernando o peito. Com isso ninguém nasça. Coração é coisa rara, Coisa que a gente acha E é melhor encher a cara.