Neel Burton Quotes

Man first creates the universe in his image, and then turns round to say that God created man in his image... As Voltaire quipped, if God created man in his image, man has returned the compliment.

Neel Burton

• God
• Man
• Universe

Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.

Neel Burton

• Desire
• Meaning
• Conflict

Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.

Neel Burton

• Life
• Depression
• Meaning

Man is mostly a collection of emotions, most of which he would do better not to be feeling.

Neel Burton

• Man
• Emotions
• Collection

There are essentially three types of people: those who love life more than they fear it, those who fear life more than they love it, and those who have no clue what I'm talking about.

Neel Burton

• Life
• Love
• Fear

Unlike ‘mere’ medical or physical disorders, mental disorders are not just problems. If successfully navigated, they can also present opportunities. Simply acknowledging this can empower people to heal themselves and, much more than that, to grow from their experiences.

Neel Burton

• Problems
• Experiences
• Heal

My basic political principle: If something, whether right- or left-wing, is driven by love and solidarity, it is right; if it is driven by hate and fear it is wrong. Simple as that.

Neel Burton

• Political
• Principle
• Solidarity

Wine is one of the most complex of all beverages: the fruit of a soil, climate, and vintage, digested by a fungus through a process guided by the culture, vision, and skill of an individual man or woman.

Neel Burton

• Culture
• Process
• Wine

A man shrinks or expands into the degree and nature of his ambition. Ambition needs to be cultivated and refined, and yet has no teachers.

Neel Burton

• Nature
• Man
• Ambition

Many things can prolong your life, but only wisdom can save it.

Neel Burton

• Life
• Wisdom
• Save