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• Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

  Plato

  Inspirational, Feelings, Philosopher

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• In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things is drudgery for the lowest slaves; philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office to teach men how to use their hands. The object of her lessons is to form the soul.

  Seneca the Younger

  Time, Lying, Men

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• This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved by the Department of Philosophy or the Department of English - it is a problem for the Department of Justice. Black or white, the criminal left is interested in power. It is not interested in promoting the renewal and reforms that make democracy work; it is interested in promoting those collisions and conflict that tear democracy apart.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Power, White, Justice

  Speech at a Florida Republican dinner, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 28, 1970.

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• If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Power, Hands, Looks

  Desiderius Erasmus, Betty Radice (1990). “Praise of Folly”

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• Why is it that all those who have become eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, or the arts are clearly of an atrabilious temperament and some of them to such an extent as to be affected by diseases caused by black bile?

  Aristotle

  Depression, Art, Black

  Catholic Way Publishing, Aristotle, Plato (2015). “The Philosophy Collection [97 Books]”, p.3493, Catholic Way Publishing

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• The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

  Helen Keller

  Family, Optimism, Pessimistic

  Helen Keller (2010). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.102, Courier Corporation

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• The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

  John Jay Chapman

  Growing Up, Lying, Selfish

  John Jay Chapman (1900). “Practical Agitation”

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• Mere unbelief in a personal God is no philosophy at all.

  Albert Einstein

  Mere, Unbelief

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.340, Princeton University Press

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• We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time.

  Jermaine Stewart

  Clothes, Good Times, Having A Good Time

  Song: We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off

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• It is not a profession to be a pianist and musician. It is a philosophy, a conception of life that cannot be based on good intentions or natural talent. First and foremost there must be a spirit of sacrifice.

  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

  Sacrifice, Natural Talent, Musician

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• So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.

  Mindy Cohn

  Believe, Opportunity, Chance

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• Personal philosophy: Clothing optional

  Will Ferrell

  Personal Philosophy, Clothings, Optional

  FaceBook post by Will Ferrell from Apr 10, 2012

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  Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

  Marlon Brando

  Doe, Hey, The Waterfront

  "Fictional character: Terry Malloy". "On the Waterfront", www.imdb.com. 1954.

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• I was brought up on the books of The Wizard of Oz and my mother told me that these were great philosophies. It was a very simple philosophy, that everybody had a heart, that everybody had a brain, that everybody had courage. These were the gifts that are given to you when you come on this earth, and if you use them properly, you reach the pot at the end of the rainbow. And that pot of gold was a home. And home isn't just a house or an abode, its people, people who love you and that you love. That's a home.

  Ray Bolger

  Mother, Book, Love You

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• Although I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic, as well as the Eastern philosophies, and of course the teachings of Muhammad, I find that organized religion has corrupted those beliefs to justify countless atrocities throughout the ages. Were I to go to church, I'd be a hypocrite.

  Danny Masterson

  Christian, Teaching, Hypocrite

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• Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine.

  Kenneth More

  Attitude, Mines, Whole

  "Biography/ Mini Bio". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe in living each day as it comes, to the best of my ability. When it's done, I put it away, remembering that there will be a tomorrow to take it's place. If I have any philosophy, that's it. To me it's not a fatalistic attitude.

  Ginger Rogers

  Attitude, Believe, Done

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Someone asked me once what my philosophy of life was, and I said some crazy thing. I should have said, how the hell do I know?

  Rock Hudson

  Crazy, Should Have, Hell

  Rock Hudson, Sara Davidson (1987). “Rock Hudson: his story”, Avon Books

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• My philosophy is whatever you do, you've got to invest in yourself. If you don't, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they're more prepared than you.

  Karl Urban

  Jobs, People, Invest In Yourself

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I took all the philosophy courses I could.

  Judd Nelson

  Courses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If mass communications blend together harmoniously, and often unnoticeably, art, politics, religion, and philosophy with commercials, they bring these realms of culture to their common denominator -- the commodity form. The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value, counts.

  Herbert Marcuse

  Art, Communication, Soul

  Herbert Marcuse (2012). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.57, Beacon Press

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• One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From the viewpoint of positivist philosophy, however, one cannot determine what is real. All one can do is find which mathematical models describe the universe we live in. It turns out that a mathematical model involving imaginary time predicts not only effects we have already observed but also effects we have not been able to measure yet nevertheless believe in for other reasons. So what is real and what is imaginary? Is the distinction just in our minds?

  Stephen Hawking

  Real, Believe, Mean

  "The Universe in a Nutshell". Book by Stephen Hawking, 2001.

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• Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

  Thurston Moore

  Religious, Buddhism, Exotic

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• There are no free lunches in philosophy any more than in real life.

  Jaegwon Kim

  Real, Lunch, Real Life

  Jaegwon Kim (2000). “Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-body Problem and Mental Causation”, p.60, MIT Press

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• Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer the dubious exhilaration of grand philosophical theory, in which messy reality is tamed and caged, but the thrill of seeing pretension punctured by a kind of high-voltage common sense (backed up by impressive erudition). . . . There is no one in philosophy quite like him.

  Colin McGinn

  Philosophical, Writing, Reality

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