Ancient Quote by Stanislav Grof

Before the scientific rationalism took hold of our minds and before we became succumbed to a materialistic worldview, the Western philosophy was holistic and…

— Satish Kumar

“To consider Western science simply as a continuation of Islamic science is, therefore, to misunderstand completely both the epistemological foundations of the two sciences…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Our western science is a child of moral virtues; and it must now become the father of further moral virtues if its extraordinary material…

— Arnold J. Toynbee

A great unification is now taking place between science and spirituality. The most advanced discoveries of modern science are rising to reaffirm the timeless…

— John Hagelin

“It must be admitted that the West has reached a level of scientific mastery and outstanding specialisation. In its points of reference, this evolution…

— Tariq Ramadan

Western science is a product of the Apollonian mind: its hope is that by naming and classification, by the cold light of intellect, archaic…

— Camille Paglia

Western religions are more concerned with behavior, doctrine, and belief than with any transformation of the way in which we are aware of ourselves…

— Alan Watts

The old structure of the West as a synthesis of classical culture, Christianity, and the impulses of peoples entering history for the Žfirst time…

— Armin Mohler

“Science arose in the West—and only in the West—precisely because the Judeo-Christian conception of God encouraged and even demanded this pursuit.”

— Rodney Stark

Because the Western civilization is dominated by dualistic thinking, holistic scientists and philosophers don't get the recognition they deserve.

— Satish Kumar

To us, men of the West, a very strange thing happened at the turn of the century; without noticing it, we lost science, or…

— Simone Weil

Meanwhile, followers of Eastern religions are sitting in the middle of their minds, experiencing a bliss and a level of consciousness that Western man…

— George Carlin