George Berkeley Quotes

That there is no such thing as what philosophers call material substance, I am seriously persuaded: but if I were made to see any thing absurd or skeptical in this, I should then have the same reason to renounce this, that I imagine I have now to reject the contrary opinion.

George Berkeley

Opinion

Quotes to Explore

Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.

Nawal El Saadawi
- Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.

Larry Buchanan
- Learn
- Director
- Early
It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.

Rachel Cusk
- World
- Writing
- Women
I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.

Feisal Abdul Rauf
- People
- Friends
- History
I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma' - with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.

Wayne Dyer
- People
- Life
- World
I don't do negative things.

Rajeev Shukla
- Things
- Negative