Quotes About Philosophy

The Buddhists are probably right about chopping onions: It's all a matter of how you choose to see and experience it, as a chore to resist or a kind of path—a practice, even. Depending on the context, the very same activity can have diametrically opposed meanings.

Some scientists have raised the possibility that consciousness may pervade the universe, suggesting we think of it the same way we do electromagnetism or gravity, as one of the fundamental building blocks of reality.

the workings of consciousness are both more and less materialistic than we usually think: chemical reactions can induce thoughts, but thoughts can also induce chemical reactions.

and spirituality. I asked him if he agreed with E. O. Wilson, who has written that all of us must ultimately choose: either the path of science or the path of spirituality

We divide the world into subjects and objects, and here in the garden, as in nature generally, we humans are the subjects.

I want people to realize bodybuilders are athletes. We have a very meticulous philosophy on how we are able to gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously.

Sin is geographical.

Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.

A 'sin' is something which is not necessary.

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

For me, the single most important question is how to construct a society that is just, safe, peaceful - all those good things - when people finally accept that there is no free will.

The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.

Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy.

Like academic Marxists, who are their sisters under the skin, libertarians are far more interested in an ideal world than in the one where ordinary humans live.

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.

I am the skeptic of skeptics.

I've always been skeptical of the idea that sentience is going to be an exclusively human attribute.

Marxism is the only doctrine that both satisfies the demands for progress and provides a safe outlet for moral expression in a skeptical age.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Simon Critchley's 'The Book of Dead Philosophers' - it's a quick thumbnail sketches of philosophers through the ages.

Allow me a bit of philosophy here... We started tele skiing as a rebellion against rules.

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

I've never been pigeonholed and I've experienced so many different kinds of skin - what man will do and won't do, what you should do and shouldn't do. This is what's exciting about being an actor; where philosophy majors sit in classrooms or write books about human behavior, we're actually acting them out in front of cameras.