If belief in the existence of God is predicted to lead to a feeling of contentment, and the prediction is fulfilled, does… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
The renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology, that branch of theology that seeks… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“Sofya now understood the difference between life and existence: her life had come to an end, but her existence could drag on… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
I work even when I am on vacation. You know that line by Stéphane Mallarmé, "All earthly existence must ultimately be contained… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
“Why are you looking at me like that?" Augustus half smiled. "Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“When I strip away my dreams, what I imagine to be my potential, all the things I haven't said, what I imagine… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I've learned that I can't do it all at once. So, you have to figure out your angle of attack. Coming in… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Plotinus believed that the world is span between two polls. At one end is the divine light which he calls the One.… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
I think about dying but I don't want to die. Not even close. In fact my problem is the complete opposite. I… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Photograph is an extended, loaded evidence — as if it caricatured not the figure of what it represents (quite the converse)… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
All mentally well-balanced persons know that we are not governed by the true principals of social justice when we make the main… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking,… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Our present ecological crisis, the biggest single practical threat to our human existence in the middle to long term, has, religious people… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Dependent Origination is the teaching (that life) is not the mere play of blind chance, but has an existence that is dependent… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Each being in the universe yearns for the free energy necessary for survival and development. Each existence resists extinction. The consequent history… — Brian Swimme Copy Share Image
Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I am well aware of the fact that the human race has known about the existence of a universal energy related to… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
The universe is the way it is , whether we like it or not. The existence or nonexistence of a creator is… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
[The sceptic] must acknowledge, if he will acknowledge any thing, that all human life must perish, were his principles to prevail.All discourse,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“You don’t know what it’s like to be a man over thirty who’s never had anything happen to him. You spend so… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
In every seed there must be a fruit, and in any fruit there must be a potential forests. Nobody is born without… — Ayor Olu From Nigeria Copy Share Image
If all sentient beings in the universe disappeared, there would remain a sense in which mathematical objects and theorems would continue to… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing from one's own experiences.… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
I'm writing a book called 'The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus' about the maths of Christmas: how to set up a secret… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
We may be living at that moment, on the cusp, when we go from being a species that feels a kind of… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
The old age of women is bearable only on condition that they do not take up any room, do not make any… — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
Most men have a sunny spot to which they look back in their existence, as most have an impossible future, to attain… — George Whyte-Melville Copy Share Image
The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry grants to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I believe that the destructive nature of society that now threatens the existence of the entire human world has much to do… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image