“It seems to me that there are three principal scales of time, the present moment, a human lifetime, and the eternal. The… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“One of the central tenets of the Western worldview is that one should always be engaged in some kind of outward task.… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“A man is rich not only by what he has, but also, and above all, by what he doesn't.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“If I am to believe everything that I see in the media, happiness is to be six foot tall or more and… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“True humility derives from a proper perspective of our human condition: one among billions on a small planet among billions, like a… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Just as Prometheus delivered stolen fire to man, so Eve, and the serpent, delivered man into self-consciousness, setting him up, were it not for… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Just as we use speech and gestures to communicate, so we use touch. Words can say, ‘I love you’, but touch can also say… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating. — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, loneliness is not the experience of lacking but the experience of living. It is part and parcel of the human condition, and, unless… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Man first creates the universe in his image, and then turns round to say that God created man in his image... As Voltaire quipped,… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is a bitter medicine with many fearsome side effects, but if you are able to stomach it, it can cure your soul of… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“In refining their senses and aesthetic judgement, blind tasters become much more conscious of the richness not only of wine but also of other… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Wonder begets culture, which begets yet more wonder, and the end of wonder is wisdom, which is the state of perpetual wonder.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
There are essentially three types of people: those who love life more than they fear it, those who fear life more than they love… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Our life is just as long or short as our remembering: as rich as our imagining, as vibrant as our feeling, and as profound… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
