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192 Metaphysical quotes by 149 unique authors

I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content. — Arthur Boyd
It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never totally… — Ettore Sottsass
The main feature should be the teaching of principles through stories. Don't make it metaphysical at all. — Swami Vivekananda
I try to steer away from high metaphysical belief because I think we humans do best when we realize that we don't know all that… — Sam Keen
If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their authors substitute the… — Etienne Gilson
Metaphysics attempts to discover the ultimate nature of reality, and in this sense, the innerspace of science fiction is metaphysical fiction. — Kate Wilhelm
My intention was to grapple with the metaphysical meaning behind Scheherazade and present that meaning in its essence. Scheherazade is the symbol of the savior.… — Alonzo King
I can say-not as a patriotic bromide, but with full knowledge of the necessary metaphysical, epistemological , ethical, political and esthetic roots-that the United States… — Ayn Rand
From the metaphysical point of view there is nothing that can touch the formless except the art of music which in itself is formless. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals, and then spread… — Frederick The Great
The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind. — Peter Wessel Zapffe
Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties. — Charles Spurgeon
For those for whom the sex act has come to seem mechanical and merely the meeting and manipulation of body parts, there often remains a… — Marshall McLuhan
I say that radiation is inherently disintegrative: it comes apart. Gravity is inherently integrative: it pulls together. And to me, there's a good possibility that… — R. Buckminster Fuller
...we sacrifice other species to our own not because our own has any objective metaphysical privilege over others, but simply because it is ours. It… — C.S. Lewis
In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions. — Richard Posner
Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. — Auguste Comte
Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her… — Sri Aurobindo
Men propound mathematical theorems in besieged cities, conduct metaphysical arguments in condemned cells, make jokes on the scaffold, discuss a new poem while advancing to… — C.S. Lewis
Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I'm a passionate… — James Dean
Science, art, learning and metaphysical research all have their proper functions in life, but if you seek to blend them, you destroy their individual characteristics… — Swami Vivekananda
The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony… — Thomas Merton
The process of reading is not a half sleep, but in the highest sense, an exercise, a gymnast's struggle: that the reader is to do… — Walt Whitman
It's this expandable capacity to represent reasons that we have that gives us a soul. But what's it made of? It's made of neurons. It's… — Daniel Dennett

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