PHLOSOPHY

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“Look out that no one takes you captive by means of philosophy and empty deception according to human tradition, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ.” – Apostle Paul – Col. 2:8 – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Superstition sets the whole world in flames—Philosophy quenches them. – Voltaire

Philosophy begins in wonder. – Plato

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words, it is expressed in the choices one makes…and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Science is what you know.  Philosophy is what you don’t know. – Bertrand Russell

I have a new philosophy.  I’m only going to dread one day at a time. – Charles M. Schultz

Always remember you are truly unique—just like everyone else. – Margaret Mead

*To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. – William Ralph Inge

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, the gospel of envy.  Its inherent value is the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. – Will Durant

Those who lack the courage will always find the philosophy to justify it. – Albert Camus

I don’t believe in quotas. America was founded on the philosophy of individual rights, not group rights. – Clarence Thomas

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion. – Baruch Spinoza

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. – Denis Diderot

Astonishment is the root of philosophy. – Paul Tillich

A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. – George Bernard Shaw

Personality is only ripe when he has made the truth his own. – Soren Kierkegaard

The less you talk, the more you’re listened to. – Abigail Van Buren

What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to the others. – Confucius

We make a living by what we get—we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

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“So he (apostle Paul)began to reason in the synagogue with the Jews and the other people who worshipped God and every day within the market place with those who happened to be on hand.” – Writer Apostle Luke – Acts 17:17 – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. – Helen Keller

To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. – Mohandas Gandhi

If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there. – Will Rogers

Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin. – Grace Hansen

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. – Anais Nin

Nothing is impossible.  Some things are just less likely than others. – Jonathan Winters

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. – Theodore Roosevelt

In the long run men only hit what they aim at.  Therefore, they had better aim at something high. – Henry David Thoreau

Whoever sets himself up as a Judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. – Albert Einstein

By and large, language is a tool for concealing truth. – George Carlin

There is no harm in repeating a good thing. – Plato

Destiny never opens a door without shutting the other. – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them? – Abraham Lincoln

Love makes us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers. – Georges Santayana

Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out. – Art Linkletter                     

Attempt the impossible to improve your work. – Bette Davis

Defenders never gain new ground. – Ira Hayes    

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“But some of both the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began disputing with him, and some were saying: “What is it this chatterer would like to tell?”  Others: “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities.”  This was because he was declaring the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.” – Apostle Paul (in his defense of Christianity to the Greek philosophers) – Acts 17:18 – writer apostle Luke – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus

Millions who long for immortality don’t know what to do with themselves on a Sunday afternoon. – Susan Ertz – ANGER IN THE SKY                                         

You see things and you say, “Why?”  But I dream things that never were, and I say, “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with their heart. – Helen Keller

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi

Sooner or later we all quote our mothers. – Paula Poundstone

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Plato                    

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – George Carlin

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.  Teach him how to fish and you feed him for alifetime.  – Lao Tzu

I am more interested in what I discover than what I invent. – Paul Simon

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however distant or far away. – Henry David Thoreau

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway, and see it through, no matter what. – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

You should enjoy today while it is here, because someday, today will be a long time ago. – Ziggy                                                           

Do or do not—there is no try. – Yoda – STAR WARS

How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterward. – Spanish proverb      

By all means, marry.  If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy.  I you get a bad wife, you’ll be a philosopher. – Socrates

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 “All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you must do to them.” – Jesus Christ – Sermon on the Mount – Matt. 7:12 (Revised NWT) – Apostle Matthew – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Fear is pain rising from the anticipation of evil. – Aristotle

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. – H. Jackson Browne Jr.          

Youth is not a time in life—it is a state of mind.  Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.  People grow old by deserting their ideals. – Betty Pitzer

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. – Mohandas Gandhi    

There is no exercise better than reaching down and lifting people up. – John Andrews Holmes

You gotta be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there. – Yogi Berra

My mama always said, “Life is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you are going to get.” – Tom Hanks as FORREST GUMP – Phil Roth (Screenplay)   

We don’t stop playing because we get old; we get old because we stop playing. – George Bernard Shaw

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. – German proverb

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light. – Socrates

There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher

Optimism is the madness of insisting all is well when we are miserable. – Voltaire

Always remember this:  You don’t stop laughing because you grow old…You grow old because you stop laughing! – Maurice Chevalier     

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry. – John Jensen                                                                                 

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literature dogma, we become automatons.  We cease to grow. – Anais Nin

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to ponder and reflect. – Mark Twain                                                   

Constant kindness can accomplish much.  As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate. – Albert Schweitzer

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Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. – Thomas Carlyle

Running water purifies itself—stagnant water becomes distilled poison. – Gary Pulliam

The possession of knowledge does not kill the since of wonder and mystery.  There is always more mystery. – Anais Nin

I am a born-again atheist. – Gore Vidal