“Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I dont claim responsibility and dont hold any great truck with.” PeopleTurnsLinesResponsibilityCrossesEternityClaimsPhilosophicalDepthDiscussionRealmsMortalityInfinityMysticalTruck Author:David Gilmour
“It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?” PeopleKindEndsWisdomPoliticalLife IsEasyPrinciplesPhilosophicalWitAbstractProvidingSlogans Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held, a nice way to behave towards someone; also it does not fit the original motivation for studying or entering philosophy. That motivation is puzzlement, curiousity, a desire to understand, not a desire to produce uniformity of belief. Most people do not want to become thought-police. The philosophical goal of explanation rather than proof not only is morally better, it is more in accord with one's philosophical motivation.” PeopleWayWantTryingBelieveDoePhilosophyDesireMotivationBeliefGoalStudyNiceProduceFitArgumentPhilosophicalPoliceOriginalsProofBehaveExplanationEnteringAccordUniformityCuriousityThought Police Book:Philosophical Explanations Source: Philosophical Explanations
“When we are children, people show us so many things that we lose the profound sense of seeing... And just how could adults show us the world they have lost! They know; they think they know; they say they know.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldChildrenShowsLostLosesSeeingAdultsPhilosophicalProfound Author:Gaston Bachelard
“Pure physical sensation, social status, sexual attraction, and feeling like a winner are generally superficial, which is why people hunger for them repeatedly.The only goal worth attaining is complete freedom to be yourself, without illusions and false beliefs.The past and the future exist only in imagination. Everything you did before has no reality. Everything you will do afterward has no reality. Only the thing you are doing now is real.” PeopleRealFeelingsRealityPastBeliefSocialGoalImaginationPureIllusionPhilosophicalHungerAttractionWinnerBeing YourselfSensationsSuperficialSocial StatusComplete Freedom Author:Deepak Chopra
“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.” PeopleMenLifePhilosophyWisdomDeathWorryWise WordsWords Of WisdomAnxietyDignityPhilosophicalAffairWorthyPlatoDeep ThoughtWise Man Once SaidAncient GreekGreek PhilosopherNothing MattersAnxiety And Fear Author:Plato
“The good of the people is the greatest law.” PeopleLawPhilosophicalLawyer Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our commitment to Israel's security and well-being. Israel and America may be thousands of miles apart, but we are philosophical neighbors sharing a strong commitment to democracy and the rule of law. What we hold in common are the bonds of trust and friendship, qualities that in our eyes make Israel a great nation. No people have fought longer, struggled harder, or sacrificed more than yours in order to survive, to grow, and to live in freedom” PeopleWellsMayStatesEyeAmericaLawOrderStrongNationsGrowsChanceUnitedCommonQualityUnited StatesDemocracySecurityCommitmentHarderPhilosophicalIsraelNeighborMilesWelcomeWell BeingPresidentialTiesRule Of LawGreat NationsUnbreakableTrust And FriendshipMiles Apart Author:Ronald Reagan
“Screwed-up people settle fights through violence. Screwed-up people start wars that could kill millions. Normal people settle fights through cookies, cakes, and pies. Normal people are fat.” PeopleWarPhilosophyFightingMillionsViolenceNormalPhilosophicalFatsSettlingCakePieCookiesScrewed UpStart Wars Author:Christopher Titus
“My activities have never had anything to do with the idea of becoming famous or achieving success. I have always been concerned with getting people to listen to me. In everything I do ... my aim is to make people listen. I want to communicate the things that I love and in which I believe, because I think that people can derive a general benefit from them. What I really want is success in a philosophical sense: I want people to grasp something of the ideas and hopes which I express in painting.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveIdeasI BelieveAchievePaintingBecomingActivityBenefitsConcernedPhilosophicalAimCommunicateListen To MeAchieving SuccessBecoming Famous Author:Antoni Tapies
“People who have cut their teeth on philosophical problems of rationality, knowledge, perception, free will and other minds are well placed to think better about problems of evidence, decision making, responsibility and ethics that life throws up.” PeopleThinkingMindWellsProblemDecisionResponsibilityCuttingPerceptionEthicsEvidencePhilosophicalTeethDecision MakingFree WillRationality Author:Simon Blackburn
“To make a revolution, people must not only struggle against existing institutions. They must make a philosophical/ spiritual leap and become more 'human' human beings. In order to change/ transform the world, they must change/ transform themselves.” PeopleWorldHumansSpiritualOrderHuman BeingsStruggleRevolutionPhilosophicalInstitutionsLeap Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSituationPhilosophicalWhat You Want Book:The Boy Book Source: The Boy Book
“The definition of deism is the philosophical idea of God as a first cause of the universe, who lays down the laws of nature and lets them run like clockwork, indifferent to the fate of the people subject to them.” PeopleFirstsIdeasRunningLawReligionUniverseCausesFateSubjectsPhilosophicalLaysDefinitionsIndifferentLaws Of NatureClockworkDeism Author:Elizabeth S. Anderson