Philiosophy Quotes

“The reason all the 'intellectuals' – Sartre and Marx, Hemingway and Hellman – (. . .) are Leftists is that a defining characteristic of the 'intellectual' is the belief, stemming from inane notions of the perfectibility of man, that he can sit in a darkened room and purely by thinking, create a new heaven and a new earth, utopia, the eschaton immanentized. Rubbish, of course, but there you have it.”
― Markham Shaw Pyle

“To be sensitively aware of thought, of feeling, of the world about you, of your office and of nature, is to explode from moment to moment in affection. Without affection, every action becomes burdensome and mechanical and leads to decay.”
― J. Krishnamurti

“If you want to be wrong, then follow the masses.”
― Socrates

“Truth, like diamond, has many facets.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“Music is life, without the beat in your heart you would be dead.”
― Kalae Salazar

“I'd never asked what year it was here-1492? 1750?-though to the animals I guess it hardly mattered. This was a safe place apart from the world of people, and only in the world of people did the year make any difference.”
― Ransom Riggs, Hollow City

“Generals, admirals, kings, and presidents make history; words change history. In more than two centuries of watching, at least that has not changed. -- Joshua Augustus Johnson. "Appomattox”
― Lloyd Vancil

“Sadly, because of our tribal brains, science carries a hefty cost. Treasured ideas that are loved by the community may be left behind, unable to compete with conflicting observations. Admired heroes may be found to have been mistaken. Years of hard work can amount to nothing thanks to a single observation, making a lifetime of effort seem like a waste of time. For our tribal brain, the philosopher’s toolbox is full of double-edged knives, capable of cutting away our hopes with the myths.”
― Mike McRae, Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs, and Bad Ideas

“God is not intimidated by such hard and testing questions, nor is he unable to answer them. But we must come with the right kind of skepticism—not the kind that refuses to believe anything at all, but the kind that is committed to believe only what is really true.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, King Solomon: The Temptations of Money, Sex, and Power

“Once you throw religion into the mix, it's easy to lose sight of reality.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, Only Human

“What we do matters the most.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future

“Was man als Gewissen wahrnimmt, ist in Wirklichkeit das regulierende System der Psyche. Es hat den Zweck, die Emotionalität zu regulieren und das emotionale Gleichgewicht herzustellen.”
― Max Lüscher, Das Harmoniegesetz in uns: Der Klassiker der neuen Richtungen