Philosophy Quote by Neal Stephenson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The living stayed home, haunting the world of the dead like ghosts.”

“If you can't test it, it's not theorics -- it's metatheorics. A branch of philosophy. So, if you want to think of it this way, our test equipment is what defines the boundary separating theorics from philosophy.”

“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.”

“Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being?”

“We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.”

“belief is the death of intelligence.”

“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”

“To lovers there.”

“Kebanyakan orang dapat bertahan hidup hanya jika mereka dapat melupakan realitas ini dan memusatkan diri ke yang lain: ke karier mereka, ke investasi, gelar, anak atau apa saja yang terlihat bertambah banyak.”

“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.”