Top Philosophy Quotes

O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being and dance are one.

Criticism addressed to a person can only be of benefit if it was said in the right way and at the right time.

Philosophy Definition

(n.) Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.

(n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.

(n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.

(n.) Reasoning; argumentation.

(n.) The course of sciences read in the schools.

(n.) A treatise on philosophy.

In order to attain extraordinary greatness, first you need to be drowned in the deepest fathoms of helplessness, misery and heartache.

In the forty minutes I watched the muskrat, he never saw me, smelled me, or heard me at all. When he was in full view of course I never moved except to breathe. My eyes would move, too, following his,...

You are what you are, and what you are is not me!

I never realized just how many things I really hated until you walked out the door and out of my life.

The color-patches of vision part, shift, and reform as I move through space in time. The present is the object of vision, and what I see before me at any given second is a full field of color patches...

Say something worthwhile and people will listen.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend.

We go from one war to another; we go from one terrorist group to another and we go from one calamity to another, but there is a pattern there if you know where to look.It's amazing how when one war is...

Civilize The Mind, But Make Savage The Body.

We want your skull! Make no bones about it!

God has created you, not your future.

You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him.So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.

If only a world-wide consciousness could arise that all division and fission are due to the splitting of opposites in the psyche, then we should know where to begin.

Life should be full of- Compassion, Peace, Companionship, Honor, Love, Honesty, Joy, Rapture, Euphoria, Friendship, Family, Spiritual Enrichment, Enlightenment, Trust, Truth, Loyalty, Passion, Cultura...

Surely, the gods' judgment is certain. But as for us, we must be satisfied to 'come close' to those things, for we are men, who speak according to what is likely, and whose lectures resemble fables.

How safe and secure is the internet?Well.....Would you leave all your worldly belongings on the road and expect them to be there when you came back seven years later?

Always be grateful for life, love, and joy.

No matter how knowledgeable you are, respect your parents for their experience and your children for their curiosity.