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The concept of God has evolved throughout history, reflecting humanity's changing fears and aspirations.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Quality is not just a thing you create; it's a relationship.
Rationality is not a matter of believing in the truth, but of pursuing it.
Science is not a body of knowledge, but a way of thinking.
The future is not predetermined; it is shaped by decisions.
He understood that everything is interconnected.
Recognizing the limits of our knowledge can empower us.
From The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
I think, therefore I am.
The nature of mathematical truth is deeply intertwined with the nature of the mind.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Our minds are not separate from the world; they are part of it.
The goal of this book is to provide a framework for understanding and building metaobject protocols.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
From The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran
The universe is a dynamic process, not a static structure.
From The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
Problems are inevitable, but solutions are always possible.
To know yet to think that one does not know is best; to not know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
From The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
We are the products of a long process of evolution.
From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Philosophy can offer a comforting framework for understanding life.
From Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
The mind is a network of capacities and dispositions.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
It's not about what you do, it's about who you are.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
The absurd is born out of this confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world.
From The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
We can’t even begin to imagine what computation is until we understand what it means to compute.
From The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.
The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.
The world is not a random place, but it is a place where randomness plays a crucial role.
From The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
You are not your job. You are not how much money you have in the bank.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Knowledge is power.
Evolution is a tinkerer, not an engineer.
From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Silence is not just the absence of sound, but a powerful component of auditory experience.
Change is inevitable, but progress is optional.
From The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
The strongest man is he who is able to conquer himself.
Religion is about the way we experience the world.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
We have the capacity for both good and evil, and it is our choices that define us.
The beauty of the universe lies in its symmetry and simplicity, revealed through mathematics.
The greatest problem of our time is the search for meaning.
Change is the only constant in life.
Time's arrow is a reflection of our experiences.
From The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
The sacred is not a separate realm, but rather a dimension of reality.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
From The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
The most important thing is to be radically open-minded.
From Principles by Ray Dalio
Buddhism is a science of the mind.
From Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
The mycelium network serves as a metaphor for how we are all interconnected in ways we often overlook.
It is not the case that we can simply describe the workings of the brain in terms of computations.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
In the world of ideas, it is the fox who knows many things, while the hedgehog knows one.
We are often unaware of the role chance plays in our lives.
From The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of freedom.
Science is more about questioning than answering.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
The human body is the only machine that breaks down and doesn’t have a warranty.
The future is not something we enter; the future is something we create.
The complexity of scent is a reflection of the complexity of life.
From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr
The categorical imperative is a universal law that must be followed by all rational beings.
The pursuit of knowledge is a journey without end.
The barbell is a tool for producing strength, and strength is the product of exertion against a load.
From Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe
The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.
Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves.
To will oneself free is to negate the other.
Reason is the foundation of science, and science is the path to understanding the universe.
The way of the warrior is the way of the arts.
In every generation, there are those who seek to simplify the world.
The beginning of infinity is the beginning of an endless journey of knowledge.
The problems of philosophy are not susceptible of exact solution.
There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.
From Dune by Frank Herbert
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
AI can enhance human capabilities, but it also risks undermining human agency.
Time is a slippery concept.
Axioms are not mere assumptions; they are necessary truths.
We must not confuse the descriptions of mental states with the states themselves.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
What we see is not what we see but what we are.
When we think about morality, we often overlook the importance of context.
We must embrace uncertainty instead of fearing it.
From Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
The most spiritual experience is the most material experience.
Understanding fungi can change our perspective on life.
From Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Sometimes, the simplest things can bring the greatest joy.
From Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Thinking is a form of doing, not a separate activity.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
The mind is a wonderful machine that works, and it works with an elegance that is not yet understood.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
In a world of abundance, scarcity is a mindset.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Running is not just a physical activity; it’s a way of life.
From The Way of the Runner by Adharanand Finn
Wealthy people are not always rich.
From The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Most of the problems of philosophy arise from the fact that we have to find some way of unifying our experience.
Science and spirituality are two different paths leading to the same truth.
From The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
The mind is a battlefield where reason and emotion clash.
The mind of a child is like a scientist, constantly testing hypotheses and exploring the world.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
We should be wary of ideologies that promise certainty.
The moral implications of debt are profound and far-reaching.
There are problems that are not computable.
From The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold
The critique of pure reason must be a critique of the faculty of reason itself.
Presence is a state of being that can be cultivated.
To deny freedom of expression is to deny the essence of humanity.
Myth is much more important and true than history.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Marston's life and philosophy deeply influenced the character's development.
The great transformation was a turning point in human history.
Natural selection is the process that leads to the evolution of species.
From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The most important thing is that you must be able to think independently.
From The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks
Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything vibrates.
From What Would Frida Do? by Arianna Davis
The truth is that God is not a being, but rather that God is the very ground of being itself.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
Compassion is a key aspect of Buddhism.
From Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
We create fictions and then we believe in them.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
From The Republic of Plato by Allan Bloom