“Existence is a mystery , and one should accept it as a mystery and not pretend to have any explanation .” ShouldExistenceAcceptingMysteryExplanation Author:Rajneesh
“Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more for their basic livelihood and had gotten into a fix they couldn't get out of - because they had accepted the unacceptable to begin with. Accepting something you have to form a labor union to fight after the fact only tells me that people were acting against their own best (or even good) interests for a long time. I don't see any rational, coherent explanation for this sort of behavior in humans, but it's all over the place.” PeopleHumansLongDifferentFactsFormFightingInterestPayActingAcceptingWillingTasteBehaviorLong TimeLaborUnionsAcceptedLifestyleRationalExplanationLivelihoodLabor UnionDifferent Lifestyles Author:Erik Naggum
“Historians are presumed to be unable to "do psychology," which is "mystical" anyway, so they are forced to accept the most "rational" explanations... "and it is on these that history is built.” AcceptingPsychologyBuiltRationalExplanationHistorianMystical Book:The New Psychohistory Source: The New Psychohistory
“Define self-awareness and tell me what it is about it that requires something more than a material explanation. I do not accept the burden of explaining all phenomena, real or imagined. If you think more than matter is required for this thing you call self-awareness, which you have not defined, then you have the burden of showing why.” IfsThinkingRealSelfMatterAcceptingAtheismAwarenessMaterialsSelf AwarenessBurdenPositive AtheismDefinedExplanationExplaining Author:Victor J. Stenger
“The challenge of elucidating living processes -- including consciousness and all its baggage which we bundle together as 'the human spirit' -- is only one example of a challenge where hard work is paying off and science does not need to accept the false explanations peddled by religions.” NeedsHumansDoeHardTogetherSpiritProcessChallengesConsciousnessAcceptingExampleHard WorkIncludingExplanationHuman SpiritBaggageBundles Author:Peter Atkins
“We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.” PeopleReasonLyingAcceptingExplanation Book:The Dosadi Experiment Source: The Dosadi Experiment
“Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.” PeopleProblemUniverseNaturalAcceptingEvidenceExplanation Author:B. B. King
“If we had to accept the idea of an independent creator, the explanations given in [several Buddhist texts] which completely refutes the existence per se of all phenomena, would be negated.” IfsIdeasWould BeGivenExistenceAcceptingIndependentCreatorBuddhistExplanation Author:Dalai Lama