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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast.

Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.

When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself.

If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.

Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem of consciousness is no big news.

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important topics in cognitive science as a whole, but it had been surprisingly neglected in recent years.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy.

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.

Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.