The brain, knowing that a person can't live forever in this world, rationalizes a future, or other-dimensional, world in which immortality is possible. In other words, religion is the earliest form of science fiction. — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Miles above the Earth we know , Fancy's rocket roars. Below, Here and Now are needles which Sew a pattern black as pitch, Waiting… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
“The n'k did not want to be enlightened. They resented the truth as if it threatened them. In this respect, they are most like… — Philip José Farmer Copy Share Image
One thing is sure, O comrades, that the love That fights to keep us rooted in the earth, But also urges us to dare… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
By now you must have accepted the fact that your religion , in fact, none of the Earthly religions, truly knew what the afterlife… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
“Look at those mountains. They go straight up, smooth as a politician denying he ever made a campaign promise.” — Philip José Farmer Copy Share Image
“First, humiliation, then humility, he would have said. And then comes humanity as a matter of course.” — Philip José Farmer Copy Share Image
Sawbeaked epitome of bodiless Idea, tossed by gusts of ether, dive Through abstract mists and raid the sea of fact Eat rich strange fish,… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
All the human beings I met were either sure that there would be no afterlife or else that they would get preferential treatment in… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Let those who think the soul is shallow rail, They must be warned before they dare to leap They'll plunge into the twilight depths… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Caught Beauty , held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes. — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself . — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
