#phil

My opinions about human nature are shared by many psychologists, linguists, and biologists, not to mention philosophers and scholars going back centuries. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#back #biologists #centuries #going #human

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. ↗

— Plato

#call #come #end #hands #humanity

The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle. ↗

— Terry Porter

#battle #big #doubt #going #hurdle

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. ↗

— Colin Powell

#compromise #compromises #consensus #constitution #country

A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality. ↗

— William Winwood Reade

#buddhism #catholic #could #mankind #masses

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#corrected #distinction #distinctions #doubt #entitled

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#basic #ever #formulated #had #haven

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone. ↗

— Socrates

#philosophy #politics #life

Anyone can grow into something beautiful. ↗

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

#beauty

Keep burning the flame of discontent within you until you get the joy of satisfaction. ↗

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

#philosophy-of-life #realistic #life