Philosophy Quotes

"The history of Western philosophy is the history of man's attempt to avoid acknowledging God."

"The purpose of thought is not prediction."

"The distinction between mind and matter is merely verbal."

"All traditional philosophy is flawed by its reliance on substance."

"Process is the ultimate reality."

"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy."

"When we are asked whether a geometrical truth is necessary or contingent, we should understand the question rightly."

"The pursuit of understanding is humanity's noblest endeavor."

"The architecture of nature reflects the architecture of mind."

"Every answer begets new questions."

"Philosophy without mathematics is like music without sound."

"Consciousness may be more closely related to mathematics than we suspect."

"The universe is a mathematical entity thinking about itself."

"The problem of consciousness is the problem of life."

"God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure non-deterministic process."

"The human mind is capable of being excited without the application of gross and violent stimulants."

"Every sentence I utter must be understood as an attempt to clear my way to some clearer apprehension."

"A body of interpretative work, making clear the sense of the original theory, is the middle path."

"What does it mean to understand something? To my mind it means to have constructed a model whereby we can predict the behavior of nature."

"The real miracle is the structure of reality itself, not our ability to comprehend it."

"One of the aspects that makes investigation of consciousness so difficult is that it is not clear what to compare it to."

"The laws of physics are the canvas; consciousness is the palette."

"The universe does not care what we think about it; it simply is."

"The mind is the instrument; clarity of purpose is the tuning fork."

"Mathematics grows from human experience and returns to human experience enriched."

"Mathematics without intuition is like a body without a soul."

"Intuitionistic mathematics respects the limitations and capabilities of human thought."

"Mathematical truth emerges from the dialogue between mind and concept."

"The foundations of mathematics rest upon the bedrock of human intuition."

"The infinite regress is not a problem but a feature of deep thinking."