Quote by George Berkeley
Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part,

Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked up the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to our selves. That we have first raised a dust, and then complain, we cannot see. – George Berkeley

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That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what every body will allow. – George Berkeley

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Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it but the free-thinker alone is truly free. – George Berkeley

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Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations. – Aldous Huxley, Themes and Variations, 1950

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Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines. – Bertrand Russell

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What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. – George Berkeley

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Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel. – Author Unknown

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