Philosophy

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

From nothing comes nothing.

From nothing comes nothing.

Norwegian proverbs

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Albert Einstein

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Thomas Jefferson

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

Galileo Galilei

Black holes are where God divided by zero.

Black holes are where God divided by zero.

Albert Einstein

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

Albert Einstein

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Marcus Aurelius

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Marcus Aurelius

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.