Quote by Derek Parfit Download Open image ““What am I more than elaborate sentience?”” — Derek Parfit ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Lots of things are more than what they seem in a purely physical sense.” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“His thoughts were too vague to be described, but they comprehended mysterious elements.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn.” — Grace Sara Copy Share Image
“Our thought habits are those of the scientist, not those of the worshipper. We are more likely to explain than to adore.” — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“Form the habit of writing your thoughts. The mechanical element assists the power of concentration.” — T. Sharper Knowlson Copy Share Image
“If you want people to to think, give them intent, not instruction.” — David Marquet Copy Share Image
“that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Normativity, I believe, is very different from motivating force. Neither includes, or implies, the other. Other animals can be motivated by their desires and… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
We might neglect our future selves because of some failure of belief or imagination. — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
“We ought not to do to our future selves what it would be wrong to do to other people.” — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
It is not enough to ask, 'Will my act harm other people?' Even if the answer is No, my act may still be wrong,… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
“What now matters most is how we respond to various risks to the survival of humanity. We are creating some of these risks, and… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
“Disbelief in God, openly admitted by a majority, is a recent event, not yet completed. Because this event is so recent, Non-Religious Ethics is… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
“My life seemed like a glass tunnel, through which I was moving faster every year, and at the end of which there was darkness.… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
Criticizing himself again, Sidgwick writes: I am not an original man: and I think less of my own thoughts every day. — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is on fire, it may… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
No question is more sublime than why there is a Universe: why there is anything rather than nothing — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
