Top 1200 Buddhist Philosophy Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

I believe in the philosophy of turning the other cheek.

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

My philosophy is, 'Eat when hungry, stop when you're full.'

Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.

You have to be as truthful as you possibly can. That's always been my philosophy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

To take philosophy seriously is to engage with it philosophically.

Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.

Conservatism, for me, is the philosophy and the politics of attachment.

My philosophy was if they weren't calling you names, you weren't doing anything.

I eat in the same philosophy that I live with: joyfully!

The Savage interrupted him. "But isn't it natural to feel there's a God?" "You might as well ask if it's natural to do up one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller sarcastically. "You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons – that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to."

I believe that philosophy is part of literature, and not the reverse.

Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].

Poetry is philosophy's sister, the one that wears makeup.

I don't have a philosophy. I have an instinct. I accept stuff that I like.

Tolerance is a form of generosity and it is a form of wisdom. There is nothing anywhere in the Dharma [Buddhist scriptures] that should ever lead anyone to become intolerant. Our goal as Buddhists is to learn to accept all kinds of people and to help all kinds of people discover the wisdom of the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.

Nonetheless, I'm not sure this entirely accounts for my Buddhist voice, which tells me forever to give up writing, to give up on relationships, simply to give up. Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to me to be the voice of innocence.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

My philosophy is to live below your means.

My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.

My philosophy is that while there's life, there's hope. It's as simple as that.

Judge my columns, enjoy my tweets. That's my philosophy.

It is precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy consists.

I want to study philosophy. That fascinates me.

I know many Catholic priests and nuns who use the Buddhist teachings to become better Catholics, and Jews who use them to become better Jews. Why not?! It just takes us towards more deeply recognizing our original nature, which is what we all share after all.

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

The grandeur of a philosophy does not certify its truth.

The philosophy of waiting is sustained by all the oracles of the universe.

In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk about spiritual experiences using the vocabulary of light: Saul on the road to Damascus, near-death experiences, samadhi or the light-filled void of Buddhist enlightenment.

My philosophy is that every phone conversation has a loser.

My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

I see I have made my self a slave to Philosophy.

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

What matters is that you meditate, you're seeking enlightenment, you're on the pathway to enlightenment, and you're having fun. Don't look for reassurance in the eyes of others. Look for reassurance in your own eyes. Only you know if Buddhist practice is improving the quality of your life.

As I tell my children, the first thing is always health. Get sleep, don't party, don't do drugs or drink. If your body is right, then you will be right, and if your body is wrong, you will be wrong. Live like a Buddhist monk!

As the books got more and more Zionist and less and less socialist, my entire generation, at least a large percentage of it, simply left Judaism. We became Buddhist and Hindu and atheist or agnostic, all of which (except Christian) were more in keeping with peaceful self-transformative ideas that did not bow down to militarism.

There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

My philosophy is that everything starts with a great product.

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.

Hard distinctions make bad philosophy.

Philosophy limits the thinkable and therefore the unthinkable.

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot.

Faith and philosophy are air, but events are brass.

Philosophy begins when you don't know where to look for an answer.

Buddhist epistemologists do argue that rational analysis leads to the conclusion that rational analysis cannot give us infallible access to truth, including that one. That's not self-defeating, though; it only induces an important kind of epistemic humility and a clearer view of what we do when we reason. We engage in one more fallible human activity among many.

My philosophy when I trained was to be 1% better every day.

I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.

For me, a male image that I'm really moved by is somewhere between of Oscar Wilde type of a male: the fop, the long hair, the suits, too witty for his own good, incredibly smart, scathingly funny - all that. But then my other ideal is more like the Buddhist monk - the shaved head, actually someone who sublimates their sexuality.

My philosophy was that I never had focus groups.

The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.