Philosophy Quotes - Page 27

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

Understanding how to find the magic moments in your daily life is critical. If you subscribe to the philosophy that says, "My vacation will free me from burnout," then you`re waiting for a few days out of the year to make up for many days of stress. Instead, you have to be able to take mini-vacations on a daily basis.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

All the answers you may wish for lie within faith, but it demands a complete and incontinent surrender, an immersion as total as any baptism. Indeed baptism is a kind of enactment of the surrender: you bathe in faith, you swim in it, you live by it, surrounded by it, buoyed up by it, engulfed by it. You drown in it, for at times it takes your breath away as entirely as any lungful of water.... All the answers lie in faith; and when you lose your faith you have no choice but to substitute for if a philosophy that deliberately and coldly offers no answers at all.

I love being a conservative. We conservatives are proud of our philosophy. Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention, we conservatives are unapologetic about our ideals.

That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.

Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.

Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.

All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.

Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.

The key factor that will determine your financial future is not the economy; the key factor is your philosophy.

Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?

Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with getting from point A to point B. It had to do with how it felt to be in the wild. With what it was like to walk for miles with no reason other than to witness the accumulation of trees and meadows, mountains and deserts, streams and rocks, rivers and grasses, sunrises and sunsets. The experience was powerful and fundamental. It seemed to me that it had always felt like this to be a human in the wild, and as long as the wild existed it would always feel this way.

We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as possible about one's subjective principles. As the man is, so will be his ultimate truth.

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.

Bryan [Iguchi] had this beautiful philosophy about our connection with these incredible cycles. There's a line from one of his poems that always stays with me about 'This process we follow; this cycle we ride' and it's almost become a strap line for the film.

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.