“To derive two or three general Principles of Motion from Phænomena, and afterwards to tell us how the Properties and Actions of all corporeal Things follow from those manifest Principles, would be a very great step in Philosophy.” TwoPhilosophyWould BeActionScienceThreeStepsPrinciplesPropertyPhenomenonManifest Book:Opticks: A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light Source: Opticks: A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light
“I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by taking it a step further.” I CanPhilosophyEnjoyStepsPleaseTheologyBizarre Book:Healology Source: Healology
“Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven; And bright with beckoning angelsbut alas! We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams, By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth.” FirstsArtPhilosophyDreamEarthHeavenStepsAngelTheeDullReachingFirst StepsSublimeAlasLaddersBeckoningPatriarch Author:Alan Judd
“Since everything is God and everything contains God, you see God in everything, everything is a step towards liberation.” PhilosophyStepsLiberation Author:Frederick Lenz
“A man that steps aside from the world and has leisure to observe it without interest and design, thinks all mankind as mad as they think him.” ThinkingMenWorldArtPhilosophyInterestStepsHistoryMankindDesignMadLeisure Author:E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
“Good Governance cannot remain merely a philosophy. Concrete steps have to be taken for realizing its goals.” PhilosophyGoalRealizingStepsTakenIndiaConcreteGovernanceGood Governance Author:Narendra Modi
“The life and vigor of poetry consists of the fact that it steps out of itself, tears out a section of religion, then withdraws into itself to assimilate it. The same is true of philosophy.” PhilosophyFactsPoetryStepsTearsPoetSectionsVigor Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“I'm a common law judge. I believe in deciding every case on its facts, not on a legal philosophy. And I believe in deciding each case in the most limited way possible, because common law judges have a firm belief that the best development of the law is the one that lets society show you the next step, and that next step is in the new facts that each case presents.” WayBelievePhilosophyFactsShowsLawNextBeliefI BelieveCommonStepsCasesJudgingDevelopmentI Believe InFirmNext StepsCommon LawFirm Beliefs Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“I'm sure there's some philosophy that says one of the best ways to deal with any of your problems is to take a deep breath and step away from them for a while, writing does this for me.” WayWritingDoePhilosophyProblemDealsStepsBreathsBest WayDeep BreathTake A Deep Breath Author:Christopher Paul Curtis