philosophy

"And now we step to the rhythm of miracles.--from The Light, That Never Dies"

"Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground."

"It is closer to the truth to say that God is crazy than that God is reasonable. I suspect God merely smiles when someone calls him crazy, but shakes His head and frowns when someone calls Him reasonable."

"Hook 'em I know how to leave them satisfied and hungry for more ~with a carefully administered shot of insulin."

"Nothing, Everything, Anything, Something: If you have nothing, then you have everything, because you have the freedom to do anything, without the fear of losing something."

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."

"Hope does not leave without being given permission."

"Who we are now is all that really matters."

"I believe that the imagination is the passport we create to take us into the real world. I believe the imagination is another phrase for what is most uniquely us."

"Leaps of Faith [10w] Like religion, leaps of faith are behind all idealistic movements."

"It seems to me that good philosophy will always have a place in the investigation of any matter of deep human importance, because of its commitment to clarity, to carefully drawn distinctions, to calm argument rather than prejudice and dogmatic assertion""Philosophical Interventions"(Reviews 1986-2011)"

"Weather is a purely personal matter. There is no such thing as a climate that is cold or hot, good or bad, healthy or unhealthy. People take it upon themselves to create a fantasy in their imagination and call it weather. There's only one climate in the world, but the message that nature sends is interpreted according to strictly personal, non-transferable rules."

"Sharia Justice [10w] Sharia justice is a lynch mob masquerading as Allah's will."

"When I am searching for something, it is always waiting for me with open arms."

"that you would not anticipate misery since the evils you dread as coming upon you may perhaps never reach you at least they are not yet come Thus some things torture us more than they ought, some before they ought and some which ought never to torture us at all. We heighten our pain either by presupposing a cause or anticipation"

"Time is the Mind of Space."

"If your treated like a puppet find a new ball of string"

"One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone."

"Prolific [10w] "Perhaps I'm prolific because I believe creativity can forestall death."

"The time you spend loving is the most valuable time of your life."