Quotes from George Hammond

The switch from a delightful illusion to a still inspiring reality is full of surprises.

The truth never hurts — much.

That is what philosophers are good for: stating the obvious that no one else is emotionally willing to admit. The trouble with trying to think clearly is that our emotional needs keep getting in the way. The trick is to make thinking clearly an emotional need.

Speak the truth and you will be conspicuous. The human race loves novelty.

Think more interestingly more clearly more often, because life is more interesting than you think.

Far more entertaining than a high-wire or trapeze circus act is watching someone engage in a life-after-death-defying spiritual rebellion, while pretending we thoroughly condemn it.

What fools these immortals be.

The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to think so boldly that almost everyone considers you a screwball.

Be more generous to others than you would ever expect anyone to be to you.

You can send a man to hell, but you can't make him suffer.

If you really want to change Reality, the first thing to do is figure out what Reality really is.

Whatever Reality really is, it must have an inherent order. There is far too much consistency and predictability in matter, and even in personalities, for Reality to be grounded totally upon chaos or personal whimsy. And so that order should be understandable, and even explainable, by using clear conceptual reasoning to clarify what the patterns in that inherent order probably are.

The more accurate you are about Reality, the more fun you can have with it.

Don't fight reality. Influence it.

Not only is the universal pursuit of self-interest the Reality, it is also the Ideal — if life is an eternal democracy.

Life is both much simpler and more complicated than it appears to be.

Seeing may be believing, but, in order to understand what you are seeing, logic is necessary.

There are no inherent mysteries, only intricate misunderstandings.

I am That. Thou art That. All this is That. But that doesn't mean that that That is One Indivisible That.

It is said that to know you do not know is the beginning of wisdom. But that does not mean that to not know is the end of wisdom.

Iconoclasts who go around popping cherished myths are usually highly unpopular — until either they, or the myths, are dead.

Turning a blind eye to reality is consistent with the pursuit of beauty in myth, but is inconsistent with the pursuit of beauty in truth.

God is not dead. He is just not God.

It is said that God the Creator is all-knowing. But if that were true, He would have known better.