"Philosophy begins with the understanding that you cannot just observe or experience and then report what you see, because how you conceptualize and symbolize alters experience."

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Eugene Gendlin

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“You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.”
“I can tell you that my experience has been that the gentlemen are more likely to come and ask for the order, ask for the raise, ask for the promotion, and that the women are less likely to do so.”
“A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.”
“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dave Willis from Apr 05, 2017
“I don't really have a favorite artist - I mean, I really love Drake - but it depends on my mood. I like anything that makes me feel good.”
“Fate then is that necessity by which a certain result will surely be brought to pass according to the natural course of events however we may vary the particular circumstances which precede the event.”
“The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.”

Source : Paul Kurtz (1986). “The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal”
“As the oceans go, so do we.”

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