Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.
(n.) The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.
Lovers tend to be philosophical, achievers are practical.
In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works.
It is OK to say 'no'.It is OK to say 'I will think about it'.It is OK to say 'I will try'.It is NOT OK to make promises you cannot keep.
A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.
A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.
In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand narratives, its hard-nosed disenchantment with the metaphysical, 'life' is one am...
But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy.
They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was...
Things aren't like this, he kept repeating. It shouldn't be this way. As if he had access to some other plane of existence, some parallel, right universe, and had sensed that our time had somehow been...
The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.
When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepared.
I am growing old enough not to care much for the MANNER of doing things.
On Wednesday night, November 13, (1861), Lincoln went with Seward and Hay to McClellan's house. Told that the general was at a wedding, the three waited in the parlor for an hour. When McClellan arriv...
Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.
We can start all the organic farms we want, but we can't stop congress from declaring pizza sauce a vegetable.
We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death....
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