Home / Topics / Philosophical Quotes

Philosophical Quotes

Browse 2604 quotes about Philosophical.

Philosophical Quotes

“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”

Thinking Inspirational Mind Soul Vision History Color Habit Words Of Wisdom Philosophical Human Soul Emperor Wise Man Once Said Stoic Habits Of Mind Colors Of Life

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“I am also very excited by the way in which we can see Paul wrestling not only with his Jewish world and its scriptures but also, by clear implication, with philosophical and political issues that were 'out there' at the time. The thing is that for Paul this is all part of the same larger, whole vision of God and God's purposes. Watching how everything comes together is an intellectual treat of the first order - as well as a spiritual and practical challenge to me personally and to the church.”

“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”

Inspirational Lying Vision Philosophical Deception Liars Lied Visionaries Self Deception Lies And Liars

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“In the sort of screen dappled with different states of mind which my consciousness would simultaneously unfold while I read, and which ranged from the aspirations hidden deepest within me to the completely exterior vision of the horizon which I had, at the bottom of the garden, before my eyes, what was first in me, innermost, the constantly moving handle that controlled the rest, was my belief in the philosophical richness and beauty of the book I was reading, and my desire to appropriate them for myself, whatever that book might be.”

“He who has great power should use it lightly.”

Should Use Leadership Leader Vision Philosophical Great Leader Great Power Inspiring Leader Effective Leadership Great Leadership Leadership By Famous Leaders Best Leader Leadership By Great Leaders

Author:Seneca the Younger

“The partition separating life from death is so tenuous. The unbelievable fragility of our organism suggests a vision on a screen: a kind of mist condenses itself into a human shape, lasts a moment and scatters.”

Humans Kind Moments Lasts Vision Shapes Philosophical Screens Organisms Unbelievable Mist Separating Fragility Partition

Author:Czeslaw Milosz

“Andy Brown is one of our most interesting and exciting younger poets. With its love of ideas and language, his work demonstrates that there need be no barriers in poetry; that the philosophical, the lyrical and the playful can be combined in work of assured and generous vision.”

Needs Ideas Language Interesting Vision Poet Exciting Philosophical Generous Brown Barriers Assured Most Interesting Lyrical

Author:John Burnside

“The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.”

Soul Eye Vision Divine Philosophical Endure Multitudes Human Soul

Author:Plato

“As a piece of writing, The Elementary Particles feels like a bad, self-conscious pastiche of Camus, Foucault and Bret Easton Ellis. And as a philosophical tract, it evinces a fiercely nihilistic, anti-humanistic vision built upon gross generalizations and ridiculously phony logic. It is a deeply repugnant read.”

Feels Writing Self Vision Pieces Conscious Built Logic Philosophical Gross Particles Self Conscious Phony Generalization Humanistic Pastiche

Author:Michiko Kakutani

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”

Source: Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb