Quotes tagged Thinking

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“Rationalists think all god-men are frauds. That is the problem with rationalists. They are not rational enough. The world cannot be conned so easily by frauds. Great god-men are great because they really believe they are holy.”
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“When you do not experience but accept a phenomenon, it is philosophy, which is a form of religion. But when you experience it, it is different. An experience is a plain fact, experience is truth.”
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“Language was created by nature to guard its secrets, not to reveal them. We are trapped in language. Even thought has become language. That is what nature wants.”
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“When you see reality you will not want to be a part of the syndicate of life. The purpose of the syndicate is to sustain itself, to exist forever in the minds of its organisms. Therefore, from the beginning of conscience, it has eliminated any neurological network that has the potential to see nature in its true form — by rewarding species that are delusional and by terminating those that are awakened.”
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“When you begin to see the world more clearly, what you first contradict are the very ideas that were once dear to you.”
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“According to Unni, any philosophy that can be transmitted to another person is a delusion. If two people believe in the same idea of truth, it is a delusion.”
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“The fundamental quality of a delusion is that it is contagious. The very purpose of every delusion is to transmit itself to other brains. That is how a delusion survives. On the other hand, truth can never be transmitted, truth can never travel from one brain to another. Movement is a quality of delusion alone.”
The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“Why would people ever think, when thinking deprives them of the pleasure of sharing an attitude one knows is socially approved?”
How to Think
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