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The map is not the territory.
~philosopher sayings by Alfred Korzybski
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
~inspirational sayings about Philosophy quotes by La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1678
Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
~philosopher quotes by Edward Albee
To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.
~famous quotes about Philosophy by Friedrich Nietzsche
To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life.
~philosopher sayings by Lord Chesterfield
I also realized that the philosophers, far from ridding me of my vain doubts, only multiplied the doubts that tormented me and failed to remove any one of them. So I chose another guide and said, Let me follow the Inner Light; it will not lead me so far astray as others have done, or if it does it will be my own fault, and I shall not go so far wrong if I follow my own illusions as if I trusted to their deceits.
~philosopher sayings by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philosophy teaches a man that he can't take it with him; taxes teach him he can't leave it behind either.
~inspirational sayings about Taxes quotes by Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
Experience has repeatedly confirmed that well-known maxim of Bacon's that a little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. At the same time, when Bacon penned that sage epigram... he forgot to add that the God to whom depth in philosophy brings back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them.
~philosopher quotes by George Santayana
You cannot step into the same river twice.
~famous quotes about Philosophical by Heraclitus, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives
Oh, Heaven, it is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry a future Ghost within us; but are, in very deed, Ghosts!
~philosopher sayings by Thomas Carlyle
[T]hings are entirely what they appear to be and behind them... there is nothing.
~philosopher sayings by Jean Paul Sartre, Nausea
I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.
~inspirational sayings about Worry quotes by Charlie Brown (Charles Schulz)
The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money
~philosopher quotes by Author Unknown
One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, Is it half full or half empty? So I drank the water. No more problem.
~famous quotes about Philosophical by Alexander Jodorowsky
If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give him a glass of water, he says, This is a glass of water. But is it a glass of water? And if it is a glass of water, why is it a glass of water? And eventually he dies of thirst.
~philosopher sayings by Shelley Berman
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
~philosopher sayings by Chinese Proverb
If a patient cannot clean his teeth, no dentist can clean them for him.
~good sayings about Dental by Martin H. Fischer
The biggest liar in the world is They Say.
~philosopher quotes by Douglas Malloch
All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.
~motivational quotes about Humorous sayings by Jane Wagner, The Search For Intelligent Life In The Universe, performed by Lily Tomlin
I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. I hate war, and never again will I sanction or support another.
~philosopher sayings by Harry Emerson Fosdick
[History is] petrified imagination.
~philosopher sayings by Arthur Baer
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.
~good sayings about Curiosity by Albert Einstein
Part of the reason that men seem so much less loving than women is that men's behavior is measured with a feminine ruler.
~philosopher quotes by Francesca M. Cancian
I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.
~motivational quotes about Money sayings by Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
~philosopher sayings by Francis Bacon
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in.
~philosopher sayings by Author Unknown
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
~good sayings about Housework by Erma Bombeck
I saw further ahead than others because I stood on the shoulders of giants.
~philosopher quotes by Newton
After a visit to the beach, it's hard to believe that we live in a material world
~motivational quotes about Earth Day sayings by Pam Shaw
Mathematics is the supreme judge; from its decisions there is no appeal.
~philosopher sayings by Tobias Dantzig
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.
~philosopher sayings by Thomas Jefferson
The only reason I always try to meet and know the parents better is because it helps me to forgive their children.
~good sayings about Teachers by Louis Johannot
Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money.
~philosopher quotes by Author Unknown
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
~motivational quotes about Courage sayings by G.K. Chesterton
If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings
~philosopher sayings by Welsh Proverb
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