Quotes About Philosophy

Days, weeks, months, years," said the boy. "Minutes and hours and seconds. I don't know about any of those things.

The point was the most dangerous place we would have to negotiate in the kayak. It was also a great confluence of life, and this combination of peril and substance sent the spirit spinning off into various ethereal regions, in which a man might be tempted to commit philosophy. From Baha by Kayak

People laugh at turtles, but they're existentially unambiguous.

it's not so much our technology, but what we believe, that will determine our fate.

The Hermetic philosophy places man at the very centre of God's creation. Hermes declares that 'man is a marvel'. With his mind he may not only understand the universe, but even come to know God. He is not a mortal body which will live and die. He is an immortal soul which, through the experience of a spiritual rebirth, may become a god.

Respect the person you're with. My philosophy is, if I'm not happier when I'm with you, then there's no reason for me to be with you. I'm happy on my own.

Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?

Among non-fiction authors I like Richard Bach, Nichiren Daishonin, Burton Watson, Deepak Chopra and MJ Akbar.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.

All this talk about inspiration and moment is nonsense.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.

I'm not interested in money.

I'm not interested in business for business's sake.

The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that.

I'm not interested in entertainment.

I do not know what got me interested in technology. What was very clear to me very early on was that I was not interested in religion and that naturally increased my curiosity about science and technology, and I fundamentally believe the two are conflicting.

In all honesty, I'm not interested in records.

Nothing cannot exist forever.

Nothing is impossible in football, and that is our idea, our philosophy.

The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.