Metaphysics Quotes

190 quotes by 104 authors

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food. — Robert M. Pirsig
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. — Terry Pratchett
Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life… — Dennis Prager
The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty… — Erwin Schrodinger
Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly. — Sivananda
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. — Voltaire
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. — Walt Whitman
If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. — Woody Allen
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. — Carl Sagan
If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning… — David Hume
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. — Mahatma Gandhi
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment. "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" (1785) — Immanuel Kant
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me. — Woody Allen
It's so hard to believe in anything anymore. I mean, it's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, because it seems so mythological, it… — Steve Martin
People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart… — Benjamin Constant
Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is. — Voltaire
In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code… — Ayn Rand
The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a child with a… — Sam Harris
I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction. — Mae West

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