The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is… — William James Copy Share Image
“The cause of our despair is the sentences at the back of our minds, all of which contain the word ‘should’. It… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
“...another comber of far pleasure followed the first, for his books came suddenly before his eyes, row upon row of volumes, row… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“Do you think you wear a mask?’ ‘I’m wearing one right now.’ Valentino smiled softly. ‘We both are.’ ‘It’s a sad thought.’… — Catherine Doyle Copy Share Image
“When, on a sea voyage, the ship is brought to anchor, you go out to fetch water and gather a few roots… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
What is beauty? Beauty is no more than a trick; a delusion; the influence of excited particles and electrons colliding in your… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
We still have many shortcomings and failures to fulfill the Party's demands, especially as regards the liquidation in some of our people… — Filipp Golikov Copy Share Image
We can say that true gratitude does not give rise to the debtor's ethic because it gives rise to faith in future… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“I’m a philosopher. If you don’t argue with me, I don’t know what to think. So if we argue, I have to… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“We tend to see two sides in modern research: cold, hard science on one side and metaphysical, mystical understandings on the other.… — Derek P Gilbert Copy Share Image
Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music,… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
“Ayn Rand brings the best and the worst animal instinct out in humans. Well, excuse me, I aspire to be further evolved… — John Stuart Caitlin Stuart Copy Share Image
The Bible defines almost nothing because it isn't a book for scholars and philosophers or free thinkers. It's a book for people… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Now observe; if the artist does not understand the sacredness of the truth of Impression, and supposes that, once quitting hold of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The notion that science does not concern itself with first causes - that it leaves the field to theology or metaphysics, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Balzac was pretty funny. His philosophy is plain and simple, says basically that pure materialism is a recipe for madness. The only… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
“I have a secret to confide to you, my confidante. Who should I confide it to? To Echo? She would betray it.… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“You can't skip over nature by logic. Logic presupposes three possibilities, but there are millions! Cut away a million, and reduce it… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment Copy Share Image
One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons-that's… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I am Plato's Republic. Mr. Simmons is Marcus. I want you to meet Jonathan Swift, the author of that evil political book,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The truth is that I feel like a ghost already, and I have to catch my breath each time I think about… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“The being called God...bears every mark of a veil woven by philosophical conceit, to hide the ignorance of philosophers even from themselves.… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“When we say, "God is love," we are saying something very great and true. But it would be senseless to grasp this… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
“When Zeno, who did not believe in slavery, was beating his slave for some offense, the slave pleaded, in mitigation, that by… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
From the beginning, there has been a tension in the reception of the Kantian idea of autonomy. If you emphasize the 'nomos'… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Anything an artist does is to show ourselves as we really are, which is a complex thing. I don't think that one… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I find that some philosophers think that my whole approach to qualia is not playing fair. I don’t respect the standard rules… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“He smiled as he imagined the composite Jamie/Isabel, who would play the bassoon, read philosophy, interfere in other people's affairs rather too… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His… — K. Hari Kumar Copy Share Image
So I say, “Live and let live.” That’s my motto. “Live and let live.” And anyone who can’t go along with that,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“...The spiritual Oriental teachers say a person has three forms of mind,'' Beatrice was explaining to him once, while they were on… — Anton Sammut Copy Share Image
“I looked at the titles on the bookshelf and found a book on Greek mythology next to a book of poetry, which… — Julianne Donaldson Copy Share Image
I have a real kind of fundamental philosophical belief that movies are better if everyone gets paid when they work, and if… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
“I think that a good start at this problem is to enunciate our ethical theory that underlies our moral judgements. According to… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“But here's the most incredible thing about it: the philosopher isn't proposing that as a concept; he's simply articulating what humans believe… — Sabina Berman Copy Share Image
“If you want to bring the world closer to peace, be a peacemaker by creating peace whenever you can. If you find… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that it represents a human desire for wrongdoers… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
