Materialist Philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words materialist and/or philosophy:

“Every materialist will be an idealist; but an idealist can never go backward to be a materialist.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“How can you tell if you discipline effectively? Ask yourself if your disciplinary methods generally produce lasting results in a manner you find acceptable. Whether your philosophy is democratic or autocratic, whatever techniques you use—reasoning, a “star” chart, time-outs, or spanking—if it doesn’t work, it’s not effective.”
—Stanley Turecki (20th century)