Catholic Philosophy Quotes

#1. Now nobody will begin to understand Thomas philosophy, or indeed Catholic philosophy, who does not realize that the primary and fundamental part of it is entirely the praise of Life, the praise of Being, the praise of God as the creator of the world.

G.K. Chesterton

#2. Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.

Anthony Burgess

#3. I went to Catholic school for 12 years and went to church every Sunday. I may not do that anymore but I think it gave me a good basis. I've also explored things on my own different philosophies and spiritual teachings and I use what works for me.

Jennifer Lopez

#4. Look at the stars. See their beauty. And in that beauty, see yourself.

Draya Mooney

#5. My Irish Catholic mother loved romantic movies, provided they ended with a kiss before the screen went dark. If things went any further than that, she'd complain, Why can't they leave something to the imagination? I sort of subscribe to her philosophy when it comes to writing sex.

Catherine Brady

#6. And your skin, it tastes like me. I want to taste you everywhere.

Larissa Ione

#7. If the attitude of many non-Catholic modern philosophers toward Catholic thought could be summarized in a single sentence, it would be: It has been tried, it has produced its definitive results, which have been found lacking, and now its time is past

Gregory B. Sadler

#8. I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.

Ray Lamontagne

#9. Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some theologians go too far, for example, reducing the Catholic faith to a universal philosophy.

Godfried Danneels

#10. With homework, school prepares students for overtime. With reports, it prepares them for payday.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#11. We are apt to imagine that this hubbub of Philosophy, Literature, and Religion, which is heard in pulpits, lyceums, and parlors, vibrates through the universe, and is as catholic a sound as the creaking of the earth's axle. But if a man sleeps soundly, he will forget it all between sunset and dawn.

Henry David Thoreau

#12. Life is the same. It would be the same thing if I were still working at Starbucks, having to deal with a manager, and a shift manager. This is a job.

Azealia Banks

#13. The Roman Catholic Index of Prohibited Books, a list that came to include almost every significant work of post-medieval Western philosophy.

David Hume

#14. Commitment doesn't have conditions. A compassionate samurai follows through whether it feels good or not; average people do what they feel like doing.

Brian Klemmer

#15. I've told you before I'm not guilty of anything; I'm just guilty, that's all.

Mike McCormack

#16. The spiritual experience of the philosopher is the nourishing soil of philosophy; that without it there is no philosophy; and that, even so, spiritual experience does not, or must not, enter into the intelligible texture of philosophy. The pulp of the fruit must consist of nothing but the truth.

Jacques Maritain

#17. To see yourself do not look in the mirror,but look to the eyes of the people

Mohammed Sekouty

#18. A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.

William Winwood Reade

#19. I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'

Dan O'Brien

#20. Fear success but not the mistakes.

Debasish Mridha

#21. Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren't what pulls us apart. It's what pulls us together.

Tracee Ellis Ross