"Challenge is the purpose of the words in this book/blog."
M. Alibrando

"You can get your answers from anywhere,
from last years newspaper..."

"Close your eyes,
hold any question in you mind,
touch anything written,
and there's your answer."
R. Bach

"Live, so you do not have to look back and say:
'God, how I have wasted my life.' "
E. Kubler-Ross

"A subtle thought that is in error may
yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can
establish truths of great value."
Isaac Asimov

"We have it in our power to
begin the world over again."
T. Paine

"In order to persue wisdom,
one must ask question and
be curious enough to
undertake the investigation
of reality;
in short,
one must wonder
about the things that
one does not know."
J. Marmysz

"Home is where one starts from."
T. S. Eliot

"Facts are stubborn things."
R. Reagan

"The good thing about science is that
it's true whether or not you believe in it."
N. deGrasse Tyson

"Science is what you know,
philosophy is what you don't know."
B. Russell

"Most of us need someone who is willing to
turn our eyes toward reality."

"Such a teacher cannot, of course,
make us open our eyes,
but this person can point us
in the right direction
and be persistent in pushing us
at those times when become
most resistant to learning."
J. Maymysz

"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood."
T. S. Eliot

"It is far more virtuous to be courageous,
which results from a moderate
compromise between fear and conviction."
J. Marmysz

"Live enough of what
you've always dreamed
of doing and there's
no room left for bad feelings."
R. Bach

"Our immediate reaction when confronted
with uncomfortable truths is to deny them
and turn back to comfortable old lies that
we have lived our lives by for so long."
J. Marmysz

"Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you."
T. Jefferson

"The World is my country,
all mankind are my brethren,
and to do good is my religion."
T. Paine

"What if" always leads us toward new possibilities --
or even new worlds of thinking.
M. Alibrando

"The transition from one set of beliefs
to another may be very difficult,
as it destabilizes and calls into
question everything
that we, at one time,
believed to be true."
J. Marmysz

"Wonder is an indispensable part of the philosophical way of life."
J. Marmysz

"Naming what's beyond seems to help
accommodate that which cannot be understood."
R. Fulghum

"...Philosophy begins in wonder."
Aristotle

"So, explain.
When the student appears,
the teacher is prepared."
R. Fulghum

"What does meaning mean?"
R. Bach

"How come we don't know the answer until we find the question..."
Me short-quoting R. Bach

"Remember who you are and there's your answer."
R. Bach

Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
G. F. di Bernardone

Have you ever written a sentence
using the words "I wonder" or "What if" ?
If so, you may have the soul of a philosopher.
M. Alibrando

"If we are to become consistently
adept at sifting truth from lies
then we must learn to fully develop
and utilize our capacity for logical thinking."

"The path to truth then,
is paved not with sensory observation
but with the exercise of the mind
and it's capacity for rational reflection."
J Marmysz

"You don't want a million answers as much as
you want a few forever questions.
The questions are like diamonds you hold in the light.
Study a lifetime and you
see different colors in the jewel.
The same questions, asked again, bring you
just the answers you need
just the minute you need them."
R. Bach

"The light's a silver chain,
like an anchor-chain in my mind,
going out of sight
down into deep water."
R. Bach