14 quotes found
“There but for the... good choices I've made, genetics, psychological conditioning, and 10K random elements, go I.”
“The closer one gets to the speed of light, the slower time travels. The exact thing is true when completing a book.”
“How does evil arise? Where does it come from? We think of malevolent men- murderers, rapists, tyrantsand somehow believe they are different creatures from us. They are not. All evil men were once i...”
“Hell, he now understood, went beyond simple torture. Hell inflicted agony with intermittent reprieves to maintain the hope of peace. Hell was not endless dark, but rare rays of sunlight to keep one...”
“Your patterns of thought, existing bodies of knowledge, beliefs, predispositions, etc. are the 'stuff of your mental universe'. We are always subject to the power of our mental inertia. The waves i...”
“Real life issues are not mathematical equations. Were not calculators crunching numbers. Were humans sorting through complex, multi-layered issues, and were doing so while enduring the (sometimes p...”
“If we want to use a physical analogy, a more accurate one would show that many of our beliefs are like boulders pushed off from the top of a mountain. The boulder tips, and the thousands of contour...”
“The Existential-Epistemic SpiralMeaningOur central beliefs shape and guide us, but the staggering synergistic power of our dynamics working together creates an existential centripetal force at the ...”
“We all live within our belief solar systems; its how we make it through each day. What feels real and true is based on it. Internal consistency and function means that a belief solar system is simp...”
“We must return to the first question of philosophy: "Do we want the truth?"We indict others when they ignore it or twist it to their own agendas. But do we honestly want the truth above all else, e...”
“How does evil arise? Where does it come from? We think of malevolent men-— murderers, rapists, tyrants—and somehow believe they are different creatures from us. They are not. All evil men were once...”
“Real life issues are not mathematical equations. We’re not calculators crunching numbers. We’re humans sorting through complex, multi-layered issues, and we’re doing so while enduring the (sometime...”
“The Existential-Epistemic Spiral—MeaningOur central beliefs shape and guide us, but the staggering synergistic power of our dynamics working together creates an existential centripetal force at the...”
“We all live within our belief solar systems; it’s how we make it through each day. What feels “real” and “true” is based on it. Internal consistency and function means that a belief solar system is...”
