Quotes on Philosophy

The winter moon becomes a companion, the heart of the priest, sunk in meditation upon religion and philosophy, there in the mountain hall, is engaged in a delicate interplay and exchange with the moon; and it is this of which the poet sings.

To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

One word _x000D_ _x000D_ Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:_x000D_ _x000D_ That word is love.

A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.

As I swept the last bit of dust, I made a covenant with myself: I will accept. Whatever will be, will be. I have a life to lead. I recalled words a friend had told me, the philosophy of her faith. "Life is a journey and a struggle," she had said. "We cannot control it, but we can make the best of any situation." I was indeed in quite a situation. It was up to me to make the best of it.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

Tolerating organized crime promotes the cheap philosophy that everything is a racket. It promotes cynicism among adults. It contributes to the confusion of the young and to the increase of juvenile delinquency.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

Physicians need to be good technicians and know how to prescribe, but for healing to occur they also need to incorporate philosophy and spirituality into their treatment. We need to feel as well as think.

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.

The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.

At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.

In philosophy, you have to reckon with the implicit level of an accumulated reserve, and thus with a very great number of relays, with the shared responsibility of these relays.

No individual is isolated. He who is sad, saddens others.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.