"The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt."

-- Morris Raphael Cohen

#Doubt Quotes #Done Quotes #Succeed Quotes

“My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.”
“Think before you speak, and don't say everything you think.”
“There is some confusion as to what magic actually is. I think this can be cleared up if you just look at the very earliest descriptions of magic. Magic in its earliest form is often referred to as â€œthe artâ€. I believe this is completely literal. I believe that magic is art and that art, whether it be writing, music, sculpture, or any other form is literally magic.”
“Faith reminds us that change is always possible.”

Source : Jim Wallis (2009). “The Great Awakening: Seven Ways to Change the World”, p.22, Harper Collins
“I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense.”

Source : Journal entry, from the National Trust collection, November 17, 1968.
“I am interested in the creativity of the criminal attitude because I recognize in it the existence of a special condition of crazy creativity. A creativity without morals fired only by the energy of freedom and the rejection of all codes and laws. For freedom rejects the dictated roles of the law and of the imposed order and for this reason is isolated.”

Source : "Beuys: Tracce in Italia". Book by Germano Celant, 1978.
“Well, I don't want no bald headed woman.”
“I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer.”

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