"The unrest which keeps the never-stopping clock metaphysics going is the thought that the non-existence of this world is just as possible as its existence."

Metaphysics, Existence, Thought, Possibility, Reality

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"The unrest which keeps the never-stopping clock metaphysics going is the thought that the non-existence of this world is just as possible as its existence."

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"We reign over the united kingdom of time and eternity."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"You ask how it is possible to be your own father and son. You should seek answers, although it is better to anticipate some, to be the light and dream."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Metaphysics, Paradox, Self, Light, Dream

"Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Metaphysics, Perception, Reality, Philosophy

"Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Metaphysics, Life, Death, Reality, Spirit

"The bond between being and non-being can be only internal. It is within being qua being that non-being must arise, and within non-being that being must spring up; and this relation can not be a fact, a natural law, but an upsurge of the being which is its own nothingness of being."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Metaphysics, Being, Paradox, Existence, Nothing

"In eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Metaphysics, Eternity, Time, Existence, Paradox

"The core is harmonic regularity, the outer darkness is random noise, we are in the space between them. Every engine takes advantage of a difference. These two extremes are woven into each other. The eternal now is the processing of meaning."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Metaphysics, Reality, Meaning, Complexity, Harmony

"The secrets of the universe aren't really secrets. It's just that humanity is too subjugated by their blissful ignorance to ask the right questions. When you have all of the answers, but are unable to ask any questions to them, then all you have are secrets."

Lionel Suggs, American Writer

Metaphysics, Universe, Question, Ignorance, Truth

"Nothing was nothing else. Nothing was anything it shouldn't be."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

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"Everything transitory is but an image."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."

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"To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking."

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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

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"We reign over the united kingdom of time and eternity."

"You ask how it is possible to be your own father and son. You should seek answers, although it is better to anticipate some, to be the light and dream."

"Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit."

"Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death."

"The bond between being and non-being can be only internal. It is within being qua being that non-being must arise, and within non-being that being must spring up; and this relation can not be a fact, a natural law, but an upsurge of the being which is its own nothingness of being."

"In eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke."

"The core is harmonic regularity, the outer darkness is random noise, we are in the space between them. Every engine takes advantage of a difference. These two extremes are woven into each other. The eternal now is the processing of meaning."

"The secrets of the universe aren't really secrets. It's just that humanity is too subjugated by their blissful ignorance to ask the right questions. When you have all of the answers, but are unable to ask any questions to them, then all you have are secrets."

"Nothing was nothing else. Nothing was anything it shouldn't be."

"Everything transitory is but an image."

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"The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives."

"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."

"Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another."

"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."

"To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking."

"Time itself comes in drops."

"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

"Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

"Truth is what works."

"Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver."