Philosophy Quote by Martin Gardner — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Her constant orders for beheading are shocking to those modern critics of children's literature who feel that juvenile fiction should be free of all violence and especially violence with Freudian undertones. Even the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, so singularly free of the horrors to be found in Grimm and Andersen, contain many scenes of decapitation. As far as I know, there have been no empirical studies of how children react to such scenes and what harm if any is done to their psyche. My guess is that the normal child finds it all very amusing and is not damaged in the least, but that books like”

“The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.”

“Ignore a person kill the person.”

“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.”

“If you wake up tired, you’ve been chasing dreams. If you go to bed tired, your making your dreams happen.”

“You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when I feel like it. I certainly don't use logic when I do it. Logic's the first thing you have to get rid of.”

“If your treated like a puppet find a new ball of string”