Existentialism Quote by Robert C. Solomon

Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love…

— Robert C. Solomon

Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today…

— Robert C. Solomon

The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty,…

— Robert C. Solomon

“[W]hat we also see in sex is a kind of submissiveness. But not a kind of submissiveness which is simply 'do what you like,…

— Robert C. Solomon

“We choose our friends on the basis of, among other things, our conception of ourselves. That's not to say that friendship is narcissistic, it…

— Robert C. Solomon

We also confuse trust with familiarity.

— Robert C. Solomon

The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer.

— Robert C. Solomon

Trust and the ability to identify trustworthiness are not the same thing, although trust and trustworthiness are logically linked.

— Robert C. Solomon

Familiarity can no longer be a necessary condition for trust.

— Robert C. Solomon

The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts,…

— Robert C. Solomon

Building trust begins with an appreciation and understanding of trust, but it also requires practice and practices.

— Robert C. Solomon

All trust involves vulnerability and risk, and nothing would count as trust if there were no possibility of betrayal.

— Robert C. Solomon