#phil

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#faith #mere #only #philosophy #possibilities

I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#church #commandments #could #especially #growing

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#assumed #blood #cd #doing #first

Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

#before #brings #philosophers #picture #scholars

I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#hardship #i #material #material wealth #mean

One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. ↗

— John Burroughs

#beaten #his #may #philosophy #summon

Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about. ↗

— Herman Cain

#economic #federal #federal reserve #good #had

For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#body #communities #constitutional #constitutional amendment #debate

I came in on the decline. Phil Elliot was in first, he got his book out, he sold thirteen thousand, I think he got two issues out before I got mine in, this was March '87. He was out in December '86. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#book #came #december #decline #first

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. ↗

— Albert Camus

#philosophical problem #problem #serious #suicide #truly