“Certainty is not to be had. But as we learn this we become not more moral but more resigned. We become nihilists.” — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
“Matter would have the universe a uniform dispersion, motionless, complete. Spirit would have an earth, a heaven and a hell, whirl and conflict, an… — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
So briefly do we raise our heads, so quick sink back. For a moment we are lifted by a wave of time, are tossed… — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
“Dirty old men are dirty because they are hanging on to life. Sex is the life force, and the nearer they come to death,… — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
“I remember a spring night in a school auditorium, during the rehearsal of a play. I am thirteen. I am weary of the farce,… — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
The spirit of science is not to prejudge, but to give any honest query a fair shake. — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
Freedom is the awareness of alternatives and of the ability to choose. It is contingent upon consciousness, and so may be gained or lost,… — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
Clearly it is not reason that has failed. What has failed-as it has always failed-is the attempt to achieve certainty, to reach an absolute,… — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
“Certainty is not to be had. But as we learn this we become not more moral but more resigned. We become nihilists.” — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
Desire is endless and unappeasable, is most intense where most forbidden, and is never far from despair. — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
One can often recognize herd animals by their tendency to carry bibles. — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
