Philosophy Quotes

"I remain a fierce partisan of the Enlightenment."

"What we've been fighting in this country is the rise of monotheism."

"The only absolute is that there are no absolutes."

"I have always been interested in why people believe what they believe."

"Philosophy teaches us to question assumptions we've held our entire lives."

"The edge is still Out there. Or maybe it's not, anymore."

"All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet."

"Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it."

"The only real power comes from admitting that you are powerless."

"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."

"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, including ourselves."

"The human need for meaning-making never stops, no matter the era."

"Language shapes how we see reality and what we think is possible."

"Language is the mechanism through which we construct social reality."

"The human need for narrative and meaning-making is universal and unchanging."

"What we call progress is often just a rearrangement of existing problems."

"The human condition is both tragic and comedic - it's all in how you choose to see it."

"Philosophy teaches us to question our assumptions."

"The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism."

"The totalitarian nature of religious conformity becomes visible upon examination."

"The person content with mystery is often the one least concerned with truth."

"To be a materialist is not to lack poetry, but to ground it in reality."

"The structure of argument is the structure of civilization itself."

"The universe is indifferent to our need for meaning; that is its great gift."

"There was madness in any attempt now to look at things with a rational eye."

"There is a terrible zoo of defeated men and women in this country."

"A moment's thought suggests that any stable society must depend on the acceptance of certain cruelties, not as biological necessities, but as good policy."

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."

"There is not much that separates a decent man from a degenerate one."

"I am not responsible for my DNA."