Some - Quotes
If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god (...), I`m willing to bet he`s an atheist too.
Your heart`s desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.
Uninformed strong opinions - and I particularly include religious ones, which for some reason get special treatment - are of course mere clusters of prejudices and no more appropriate than mine, yours or anyone else`s are on topics we don`t understand.
If you genuinely loved God, wouldn`t you want to understand him as best you can? When faced with different ideas about God, wouldn`t you want to ask some questions, and look at the supporting evidence for the different views, and try to figure out which one is probably true? Doesn`t it seem insulting to God to treat that question as if it didn`t matter? There are profound differences between religions. They are not trivial. And the different religions cannot all be right. (Although, as atheists like to point out, they can all be wrong.)
Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.
Matter, though divisible in an extreme degree, is nevertheless not infinitely divisible. That is, there must be some point beyond which we cannot go in the division of matter.
My theory is that life is actually a video game, kind of like the sims, and some person is controlling each any every single one of us, and whoever is controlling me has the top score.
It makes no sense to spend some of the precious time we have now, when we are well, consumed with worry about what might be when we are not well. Worse, using that energy worrying robs us of the energy we need to heal ourselves.
It`s things like Wikipedia that help us to advance as a society and help us to accelerate our evolution. If you`re a researcher and you need some answer to something, and in today`s world you can find it this quickly, it allows you to develop whatever you are doing much faster.
Some people find safety in the institution of marriage or some sort of a further commitment. Others think that if you`re in a very happy relationship, why mess with it?
Most men have an insecurity of some sort. But we`re brought up to believe that we can`t show them.
I don`t think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you`re just born with, unfortunately.
Even if life has some challenges, it is generally better than the alternative!
We`re all born with curiosity, but at some point, school usually manages to knock that out of us. I feel that my main responsibility as a teacher isn`t to convey facts, but to rekindle that lost enthusiasm for asking questions.