“The key to the scientist's purpose is the idea that every phenomenon is the product of a certain given set of condition. In his laboratory he hopes to reconstitute the set of conditions, however complex they may be, which, once… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
A mystery is a problem that encroaches upon itself because the questioner becomes the object of the question. Getting to Mars is a problem.… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
“The atheist relies not on an experience but on an idea, or pseudo idea, of God: if God existed, He would have such and… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
You know you have loved someone when you have glimpsed in them that which is too beautiful to die. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
Hope consists in asserting that there is at the heart of being, beyond all data, beyond all inventories and all calculations, a mysterious principle… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
