Give us power, give us light To holdall love within our breast's small space. — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
There are Universes begging for Gods, yet he hangs around this one looking for work. — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Call me Meier," Goring said, but he did not pause to explain the joke . — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage. — Philip Jose Farmer Age Copy Share Image
Strong blasphemers thrive only when strong believers thrive. — Philip Jose Farmer Believer Copy Share Image
This story is about love, which means that it is also about hate. — Philip Jose Farmer Hate Copy Share Image
Confucius once said that a bear could not fart at the North Pole without causing a big wind in Chicago. — Philip Jose Farmer Action Copy Share Image
It was a shameful thing that she had nothing of which to be ashamed. — Philip Jose Farmer Ashamed 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… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Burton did not believe in miracles . Nothing happened that could not be explained by physical principles if you knew all the facts . — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural. — Philip Jose Farmer Art Copy Share Image
Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book. — Philip Jose Farmer Book 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… — Philip José Farmer Enlightened Copy Share Image
Prometheus, I have no Titan's might, Yet I, too, must each dusk renew my heart, For daytime's vulture talons tear apart The… — 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
As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth. — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Beauty in this Iron Age must turn, From fluid living rainbow shapes to torn, And sootened fragments, ashes in an urn, On… — Philip Jose Farmer Age 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… — Philip Jose Farmer Attitude Copy Share Image
The way is open, comrades, free as Space Alone is free. The only gold is love, A coin that we have minted… — Philip Jose Farmer Astronomy Copy Share Image
Burton sighed, laughed loudly, and said, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." Another fairy tale to give men hope .… — Philip Jose Farmer Change Copy Share Image
Despite my vast interest in other universes and new ideas and space, travel and time travel, which by the way I think… — Philip Jose Farmer Basic things Copy Share Image
The brain, knowing that a person can't live forever in this world, rationalizes a future, or other-dimensional, world in which immortality is… — Philip Jose Farmer Brain Copy Share Image
By now you must have accepted the fact that your religion , in fact, none of the Earthly religions, truly knew what… — Philip Jose 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… — Philip Jose Farmer Ancient Copy Share Image
“Rastignac had no Skin. He was, nevertheless, happier than he had been since the age of five. He was as happy as… — Philip José Farmer Beneath the surface Copy Share Image
It's a peculiarity of the Norwegian culture and of the English and American, too, that men are not supposed to cry. Stiff… — Philip Jose Farmer Ashamed Copy Share Image
“It’s this smoke from the burnin garbage, kid. Enough to make a maggot puke, ain’t it? Lookit! The smoke’s risin’ t‘ward the… — Philip José Farmer Copy Share Image
“Know a man's faith, and you knew at least half the man. Know his wife, and you knew the other half.” — Philip José Farmer Faith Copy Share Image
“First, humiliation, then humility, he would have said. And then comes humanity as a matter of course.” — Philip José Farmer Humility Copy Share Image
Resurrection, like politics, makes strange bedfellows. — Philip Jose Farmer Bedfellows Copy Share Image
Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got. — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself . — Philip Jose Farmer Fear Copy Share Image
Now we have lit a candle to the power Of atoms; now we know we're heirs of light Itself. — Philip Jose Farmer Atoms Copy Share Image
“...a writing in the sand which all may read but few understand." - Philip Jose Farmer in 'Riders of the Purple Wage” — Philip Jose Farmer Books Copy Share Image
