Quotes About Philosophy

I disagree with the idea that everything happens for a reason.

I have no disagreement with the aims of anti-vivisectionists.

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.

Reading 'Moby-Dick' helps you discover how to live.

I discover in my experiential space evidence for the wrongness of solipsism, and this evidence is called beauty.

Ethics are pre-determined and a matter of discovery, not a evolved concept.

Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.

Consciousness is a disease.

You really have to get to know Dewey to dislike him.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

When I came to Washington, I believed that I had one duty, one purpose. I was elected to serve my district, my people and no one else. Since arriving in Congress, I've learned that not everyone shares this philosophy.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, consciousness, or awareness. They don't. It's hard to build something that's incompletely defined.

Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer.

There are no explanations, there are no answers.

I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture.

Utilitarianism is a philosophy from the olden days exploring the idea that whatever is best for the majority is the fairest.

I was really interested in doing a martial arts movie, but maybe exploring ideas that maybe you wouldn't think to explore in a martial arts movie.

I don't think Beethoven expresses religious truth. He expresses a human truth.

Vegetarianism is the best way of expressing love for animals.

We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated.

I hate to think life is just facts and laws.

It's wrong to look at what we call 'Enlightenment values' as some fad of the 18th century. It's deeply rooted in ancient history.