If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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Francis Bacon
I like the scientific spirit–the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine–it always keeps the way beyond open–always gives life, thought, affection, the whole man, a chance to...
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Walt Whitman
I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.
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Criss Jami
To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God - maybe even day after day. Maybe he's too great to stay compressed in the human mind. Maybe he splits it wide open; this is why pretentious intellectualism so often fails to...
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Criss Jami
It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.
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Criss Jami
More Quotes By Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
Amor Fati — “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.
