“But one thing is the thought, another thing is the deed, and another thing is the idea of the deed. The wheel… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When confronted with a demand that the universe have a cause, infidels have usually pointed out that God was not much of… — Taner Edis Copy Share Image
It's perfectly natural to desire more troops when engaged in a military operation facing serious obstacles, and the more troops you have,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Free will exists and operates outside causality. It is not hooked to karma. Free will is like a well that is on… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are not just highly evolved animals with biological computers embedded inside our skulls; we are also fields of consciousness without limits,… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
As long as the firmament of the You is spread over me, the tempests of causality cower at my heels, and whirl… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
“Act and opportunities will manifest. There is no such thing as luck. There is only causality. Are you strong enough to cause… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Karma exists within causality. It is three-dimensional. Free will exists outside of causality; it is not bound by karma. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
...the proliferation of luminous fungi or iridescent crystals in deep caves where the torchlessly improvident hero needs to see is one of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“For any one who is pervaded with the sense of causal law in all that happens, who accepts in real earnest the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge… — Max Born Copy Share Image
The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image