And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
“I think… that love encompasses the experience of the possible transition from the pure randomness of chance to a state that has… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
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In many ways, the effort to study philosophy was my rebellion away from medicine. I'm the son of two Indian immigrant physicians,… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
It is the shortcomings of game theory (as originally formulated) which force the consideration of the role of ethics, of the dynamics… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
You have no idea how many bags of money I've had to turn down. But if something doesn't match up with our… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to… — Robert Bateman Copy Share Image
“Like the character Moliere who discovered to his astonishment that he had been speaking prose all his life, I discovered to my… — Bryan Magee Copy Share Image
“Politicians are trying so hard to run away from having the same problems you are having. They don't want to spend money… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
As long as I have the talent and there's a demand for the old Chinese man - whether he's a philosopher, or… — James Hong Copy Share Image
“Materialism is a conviction based not upon evidence or logic but upon what Carl Sagan (speaking of another kind of faith) called… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
The Kassideans or Assideans...arose either during the Captivity or soon after the restoration...The Essenians were, however, undoubtedly connected with the Temple (of… — Albert Mackey Copy Share Image
In matters of philosophy and science authority has ever been the great opponent of truth. A despotic calm is usually the triumph… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
Failing at something is one thing, but Buddhism tells us that it is up to us how we interpret that failure [Buddhism]… — Jonny Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“You do not admit the conceivability at all?' he queried. 'But why not? We admit the existence of electricity, of which we… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“There is a current perception is that science has overtaken Philosophy and in effect rendered Philosophy irrelevant. Science, when sufficiently abstracted, approaches… — Tom Golway Copy Share Image
“Progress has always been achieved by probing well-entrenched and well-founded forms of life with unpopular and unfounded values. This is how man… — Paul Karl Feyerabend Copy Share Image
We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overly large houses… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Schoolboy days are no happier than the days of afterlife, but we look back upon them regretfully because we have forgotten our… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
“His Omnipotence means power to do all that is intrinsically possible, not to do the intrinsically impossible. You may attribute miracles to… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of personal happiness and the production of healthy children are two radically contrasting projects, which love maliciously confuses us into… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is about picking up an idea or a combination of ideas, then, like a toddler with its toys - twisting, turning,… — Monaristw Copy Share Image
“All supernatural horror depends on a confusion of what we believe should be and should not be. As scientists, philosophers, and spiritual… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Liberalism is, in fact, the ideology of the capitalist revolution that prodigiously raised the living standards of the mass of people; a… — Ralph Raico Copy Share Image
“Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a man’s… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in philosophy, but I don't' think there are any philosophers anymore. Now it's artists. It's a visual thing… — Michele Lamy Copy Share Image
When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Look at all of the great strengths of America: entrepreneurialship, work ethic, natural resources, a democracy, a transparency, a willingness to be… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
“as well as over potentially ennobling or morally beatific states like sympathy, melancholia, and shame (the emotions given the most attention in… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s not metaphysics. Maybe it’s existential. I’m talking about the individual US citizen’s deep fear, the same basic fear that you… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“The late 1920s were an age of islands, real and metaphorical. They were an age when Americans by thousands and tens of… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
We don't need a law against McDonald's or a law against slaughterhouse abuse--we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
“For thousands of years, philosophers, thinkers and prophets have besmirched money and called it the root of all evil. Be that as… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Philosophers, comedians, and tipsy birthday celebrants all have proposed theories about why time seems to move increasingly swiftly as we grow older.… — Michael Sims Copy Share Image
“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we… — William James Copy Share Image