Philosophical Quotes - Page 30

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

There's a snake lurking in the grass.

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.

There are no philosophical problems, there is only a suite of interconnected linguistic cul de sacs created by language's inability to reflect the truth.

[T]here is a methodological bias in favor of taking natural discourse literally, other things being equal. For example, unless there are clear reasons for construing discourse as ambiguous, elliptical, or involving special idioms, we should not so construe it.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Beware of the person of one book.

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional need for certitude.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Elephant and Piggie have a very large input. They have a distinct aesthetic taste. They like books that are philosophical. They like books that are dialogue-driven. They like books that are about issues that they live with, in their own elephantine and porcine ways.

Pragmatism ... reflects with almost disarming candor the spirit of the prevailing business culture, the very same attitude of 'being practical' as counter to which philosophical meditation as such was conceived.

With the abolition of otium and of the ego no aloof thinking is left. ... Without otium philosophical thought is impossible, cannot be conceived or understood.

Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet

It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.

It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity

I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure beat dying for absolutely nothing in the Viet Nam War.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.