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26 quotes
American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)
“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.”
"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion."
on Religion
"The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling."
on Truth
"To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top."
on Mindfulness
"To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life not the top."
"Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity."
on Creativity
"One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward."
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there."
on Inspirational
"In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty..."
on Philosophy
"The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there."
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."
"Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions."
"We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do."
on Self Awareness
"Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can’t reason without them."
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses.The more you look the more you see."
on Knowledge
"If you run from technology, it will chase you."
on Technology
"My favorite cure for boredom is sleep. It's very easy to get to sleep when bored and very hard to get bored after a long rest."
on Life
"When you have mountains in the distance or even hills, you have space."
on Nature
"The bones and flesh and legal statistics are the garments worn by the personality, not the other way around."
on Identity
"An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an understanding of all Quality."
"grades really cover up failure to teach."
on Education
