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William BlakeIn the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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William BlakeIf the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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Eugene IonescoCut off from his religious, metaphysical and transcendental roots, man is lost; all his actions become senseless, absurd, useless.

—  Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright

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Calvin CoolidgeWe do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

—  Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929]

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Nikola TeslaThe day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

—  Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian-American inventor

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Friedrich NietzscheChristianity is a metaphysics of the hangman.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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RumiWe came whirling out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust… The stars made a circle, and in the middle, we dance.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Theodore AdornoMysticism is the metaphysics of idiots.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

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Carl SaganThe difference between physics and metaphysics is not that the practitioners of one are smarter than the practitioners of the other. The difference is that the metaphysicist has no laboratory.

—  Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer

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Friedrich NietzscheMystical explanations are considered deep; the truth is, they are not even shallow.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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Arthur SchopenhauerMusic is the occult metaphysical exercise of a soul not knowing that it philosophizes.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Robert M. PirsigMetaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.

—  Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer

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Arthur SchopenhauerI have described religion as the metaphysics of the people.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Immanuel KantMetaphysics has as the proper object of its inquiries three ideas only: God, freedom, and immortality.

—  Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher

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Joseph CampbellThe psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Sri AurobindoThat within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Henry de MontherlantThere is the real and there is the unreal. Beyond the real and beyond the unreal, there is the deep.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Jorge Luis BorgesI decided many times to go into metaphysics, but I was interrupted by happiness.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Henry MillerDon't look for miracles. You yourself are the miracle.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Gabriel Garcia Marquez“Things have a life of their own,” the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. “It's simply a matter of waking up their souls.”

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

James BarrieAll of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

Edgar Allan PoeInvisible things are the only realities.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

Joseph ConradThe belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Ludwig WittgensteinThere are, indeed, things that cannot be put into words. They make themselves manifest. They are what is mystical.

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

Quotes in Verse

Sri AurobindoOnly when Eternity takes Time by the hand,
Only when infinity weds the finite's thought,
Can man be free from himself and live with God.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Funny Quotes

Karl KrausNewspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Woody AllenI was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

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