At the most we gaze at it in wonder, a kind of wonder which in itself is a form of dawning horror,… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
Science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview. ..even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
That human existence should repeat itself, well and good, but that it should repeat itself like a hackneyed tune, or a record… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
A lot of the themes that I write about are an affirmation of our existence on earth and making people feel like… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image
“There are only two things: Circumstances and the Soul. If you become ‘one’ with the circumstances, the worldly life will come into… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
In 2005, the Iraq war was entering its third year and no one believed that we were going to find WMDs any… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights. It is quite possible we may have formed… — Edward E. Barnard Copy Share Image
One can delineate the domain of philosophy however one likes, but in its search for truth, philosophy is always concerned with human… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I have begun drafting a memorandum for the prosecuting authorities, together with all evidence necessary to establish not only the existence of… — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
When I was at McGill medical school, there was a writer, Ted Rosenthal, who used to write for the New York Times… — Dafydd Williams Copy Share Image
Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Suicide is the means of men whose resilience has been eaten away by rust, the rust of the daily round. They were… — Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Copy Share Image
Our teaching of mathematics revolves around a fundamental conflict. Rightly or wrongly, students are required to master a series of mathematical concepts… — Ian Stewart Copy Share Image
There is no scientific way to validate anything that I or you can say about the soul because science cannot validate the… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Every day, a piece of music, a short story, or a poem dies because its existence is no longer justified in our… — Elfriede Jelinek Copy Share Image
You cannot have a boundary-less existence, because your neighbor has his own boundaries, and who is going to give you the ethics… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
To apologize for the Balfour Declaration would be to apologize for the existence of Israel and to question its right to exist.… — Sajid Javid Copy Share Image
I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Home is the bottom line of life, the anvil upon which attitudes and convictions are hammered out the single most influential force… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
I tend to follow a very nocturnal sort of existence mainly because I don't much care for sunlight. Bright colors of any… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Philosophy may serve as the bridge between theology and science. All atheism is a philosophy, but not all philosophy is atheism. Philosophy… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s not as clear-cut as that. Maybe it’s the very presence of one thing – light or darkness – that necessitates… — jessica shirvington Copy Share Image
If life — the craving for which is the very essence of our being — were possessed of any positive intrinsic value,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
My existence shrank from an arrow of light pointing into the future forever to a speck of light that was the present… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
It didn’t make any more sense to me then than it does now, how life can pile troubles up on a man… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
Self-worth is an understanding on the intellectual level, trusting at the heart level, and accepting at the soul level that you are… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
You were difficult enough to catch,” Faste said. Salander gave him a long look, satisfied herself that he was an idiot, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Over time I just realised the world is a very complicated place, and there is not a single structured belief system that… — Moby Copy Share Image
When you cry and weep, when you are miserable, you are alone. When you celebrate, the whole existence participates with you. Only… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Your very existence is evidence of your innate creativity. In every moment you are co-creating your reality through your thoughts, your intentions,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
My friend devotes himself to his life, whenever he can find the spare time. His motto is: 'Don't just sit there: live!'… — Marvin L. Cohen Copy Share Image
I usually say the aim of life is to be happy. Our existence is based on hope. Our life is rooted in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image