Mares, Edwin

Philosopher-Logician New Zealand Born 1960 (age 66)

Developed relevant logic and semantics.

387 quotes

"Dreams are the rehearsals for a life we have not yet lived."
Dreams
"Humor is the mask we wear over truths too difficult to speak."
Humor
"Beauty is the language of the invisible world made visible."
Beauty
"Death is not the opposite of life; it is life's punctuation mark."
Death
"Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose."
Perseverance
"Gratitude is the antidote to the poison of entitlement."
Gratitude
"Creativity is the courage to let go of certainty."
Creativity
"Justice is not blind; it simply chooses what to see."
Justice
"Patience is the ability to find peace in the process."
Patience
"Kindness is the language even the deaf can hear."
Kindness
"Strength is not the absence of vulnerability, but its transformation."
Strength
"Fear is the absence of faith, not its opposite."
Fear
"Power is the capacity to influence, not dominate."
Power
"Money is frozen time and effort waiting to become something new."
Money
"Health is wealth that cannot be inherited or purchased."
Health
"Adventure is life refusing to become routine."
Adventure
"Imagination is the preview of life's coming attractions."
Imagination
"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."
Knowledge
"Metaphysics is not about escaping reality, but understanding it more deeply."
Philosophy
"Truth is often found in the spaces between what we say and what we mean."
Truth
"Language shapes thought as much as thought shapes language."
Education
"The question of being is the most fundamental question we can ask."
Philosophy
"Freedom exists not in the absence of constraints, but in understanding them."
Freedom
"We are all storytellers, and our lives are the narratives we construct."
Life
"Knowledge without wisdom is like a book without a reader."
Wisdom
"To understand others, we must first understand ourselves."
Relationships
"The pursuit of truth requires intellectual humility."
Knowledge
"What we believe shapes what we can perceive."
Faith
"Logic is the skeleton upon which reason builds its body."
Science
"Meaning is not found; it is created through our choices."
Life