"To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single theory of how to decide what to believe."

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Source : Thomas Nagel (1991). “Mortal Questions : Canto”, p.135, Cambridge University Press

Thomas Nagel

#Believe Quotes #Psychology Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to air it or not, it's at my discretion. I don't have to do it to somebody else's time frame.”
“In reality, many choices are between things that are not that much different. The value of choice depends on our ability to perceive differences between the options.”

Source : "The art of choosing". TED conference, www.ted.com. July, 2010.
“No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.”
“I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.”
“as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.”
“It can't always be a honeymoon”

Source : Tony Parsons (2001). “Man and Boy: A Novel”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
“The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. Thatâ€™s how I see football, thatâ€™s how I see life.”

Source : "Football's debt to socialism" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2010.
“When you meditate and still your mind, you will gain the wisdom of knowing things in this world, in other worlds and beyond worlds - it just comes to you.”

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