“Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things.” ShouldLittlesPhilosophyImaginationNaturalLoversLittle ThingsNatural Philosophy Book:Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America Source: Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America
“I love those who yearn for the impossible.” LovePhilosophyImaginationImpossiblePossibilityBad AssImpossibilityBeautiful LifeLife Is GoodPossible And ImpossibleImpossible Love Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It not seldom happens that in the purposeless rovings and wanderings of the imagination we hunt down such game as can be put to use by our purposeful philosophy in its well-ordered household.” WellsPhilosophyUseHappensGamesImaginationWanderHouseholdHuntsRoving Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known to be true, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves; because these questions enlarge our conception of what is possible, enrich our intellectual imagination and diminish the dogmatic assurance which closes the mind against speculation; but above all because, through the greatness of the universe which philosophy contemplates, the mind is also rendered great, and becomes capable of that union with the universe which constitutes its highest good.” MindPhilosophyUniverseImaginationAnswersKnownGreatnessHighestCapableIntellectualUnionsSakeBeing TrueConceptionContemplatingDefiniteDiminishAssuranceSpeculationDogmatic Book:The Problems of Philosophy Source: The Problems of Philosophy
“In the hands of a genius, engineering turns to magic, philosophy becomes poetry, and science pure imagination.” PhilosophyHandsTurnsImaginationMagicGeniusPureEngineering Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“I feel that the internal worlds of women are not that well represented by society. It is not an immediate thing people think about - the imagination of women or women's philosophy.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsWellsPhilosophyImaginationInternals Author:Planningtorock
“My Irish Catholic mother loved romantic movies, provided they ended with a kiss before the screen went dark. If things went any further than that, she'd complain, Why can't they leave something to the imagination? I sort of subscribe to her philosophy when it comes to writing sex.” IfsWritingPhilosophyMotherSexImaginationDarkKissingCatholicScreensComplaining Author:Catherine Brady
“I guess what attracted me about the philosophy aspect was that it was realistic. It didn't go off into the realm of imagination land, which I find a lot of religious teachings, actually almost every religious teaching does. I keep meaning to write this up as a blog post, but lately, while driving in my car I've been listening to a religious station that comes on out of Cleveland from the Moody Bible Institute.” WritingDoePhilosophyImaginationReligiousTeachingLandCarListeningAspectDrivingPostsRealmsStationsRealisticBlogsInstituteClevelandMoody Author:Brad Warner