philosophy Quotes

If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them that appear to be paradoxes, as in Zen, particularly.

Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

Who put their foot in the Missouri River first: Lewis or Clark? Who cares!

If you don't believe what other people believe, then they'll accuse you of being nihilistic.

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.