Philosophical Musings 25-28

25) To make our point with sarcasm is to not only belittle the object of our sarcasm but to belittle ourselves.



26) When a piece of writing fills us with a sense of self-righteous indignation we need to question the tone of it. To question it is not to dismiss it but to see it in all its positive and negative aspects.



27) To know the measure of something is not to know what it is essentially.



28) Nowadays we are more interested in information than True Knowledge and we confuse the two.

Philosophical Musings 21-24

21) When we are sad, but calm and reflective, we are more awake than usual.



22) God, as a separate entity independent of human beings, does not exist anymore than a human being exists independently of the billions, perhaps trillions, of living cells in the human body.



23) Whatever feeds my sense of superiority, whether it be individual or cultural, shrinks my understanding.



24) Physical strength, unconnected to genuine feeling, is a dreadful brute. Intellectual strength, unconnected to genuine feeling, is an insufferable snob.

Philosophical Musings 17-20

17) Suggestibility is far more subtle and insidious than we believe. Those of us who are quick to see suggestibility in others, yet delude ourselves into thinking that we are not suggestible ourselves, are blind to how equally susceptible we are.



18) A man who dares to try to slaughter the sacred cows of both institutional religion and secular atheism is bound to be despised. Even if he speaks the Truth he will not be listened to by many.



19) Simply because our eyes are open doesn't mean to say that we are awake. How many times have we gone into a room only to forget why we went there in the first place? Or how many times have we read a paragraph in a book only to wake up to the fact that we haven't taken in a single word of it?



20) If our concept of God is predominantly abstract there should also be a few black holes in it in order to let the personal in.