#philosophy

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#life

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#best #done #end #philosophic #philosophy

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#coloring #emerges #every #explicitly #imaginative

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#biography #even #fiction #history #literature

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#doing #i #life #moment #next

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#battle #intelligence #language #means #our

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#adjustment #combination #does #door #each

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#fly #out #philosophy #show #way

The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#discovery #doing #enables #gives #i

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety. ↗

— Hank Stram

#plus #simplicity #variety