#philosophical

And you finally get to a consensus, where you get a sense of what really ought to be done, and then they give it to me and then I draw it. I mean draw it in the sense, the philosophical sense. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

#done #draw #finally #get #give

I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. ↗

— J.B.S. Haldane

#philosophical #science #wisdom #attitude

In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. ↗

— William Gilbert

#common #conjectures #demonstrated #discovery #experiments

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs. ↗

— Asa Gray

#basis #beliefs #class #facts #held

Truths are as much a matter of questions as answers. ↗

— Ozzie Zehner

#philosophical #science #truth #science

Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously ↗

— Confucius

#harmony

We Are The Sum Total Of Our Choices... ↗

— Woody Allen

#philosophical

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. ↗

— Epictetus

#philosophy #philosophical

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#foolish #little-minds #philosophers #philosophical

The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself. ↗