Stoic Quotes: Timeless Wisdom for a Fulfilling Life - page 17
Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all.
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.
Adam Sedgwick
A positive philosophy turns into a positive attitude, which turns into positive actions, which turns into positive results, which turns into a positive lifestyle. A positive life.
Jeff Olson
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Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.
Charles M. Schulz
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.
George Steiner
Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, a dream come true, I'll live there til I die.
Don McLean
The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.
Every ripple on the ocean, every leaf on every tree, every sand dune in the desert, every power we never see.
Sting
We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.
Mignon McLaughlin
Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory.
Michael Crichton
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
My philosophy is, "murder the rapist in your mind so you stop killing yourself." I've seen, in my lifetime, that sexual abuse has turned into self-abuse. When I kill the rapist inside of me, I will stop killing myself.
Margaret Cho
Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it.
Ann Patchett
The academic world doesn't invite you to try to walk on two feet all the time. And in philosophy especially . . . it's a very intimidating place. The intimidation can be very thin, or it can stop you.
Stanley Cavell
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My core philosophy on winning and motivation is summed up by saying that you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win.
