“Philosophical problems can be compared to locks on safes, which can be opened by dialing a certain word or number, so that no force can open the door until just this word has been hit upon, and once it is hit upon any child can open it.” ChildrenHas BeensPhilosophyProblemCertainForceNumbersDoorsPhilosophicalLocks Book:Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951 Source: Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951
“It seems to me obvious that infants and many animals that do not in any ordinary sense have a language or perform speech acts nonetheless have Intentional states. Only someone in the grip of a philosophical theory would deny that small babies can literally be said to want milk and that dogs want to be let out or believe that their master is at the door.” WantBelieveSaidStatesSeemsLanguageAnimalDoorsDogMastersTheoryBabySpeechOrdinaryPhilosophicalObviousDenyMilkInfant Author:John Searle
“As a teacher, it's a great help to be teaching philosophical systems you don't believe. You can actually do a better job of presenting them if you leave your beliefs at the door.” IfsBelieveHelpingJobsBeliefTeacherDoorsTeachingPhilosophicalDon't BelievePresentingBelieve You CanBetter Jobs Author:William H. Gass
“Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, while trying at the same time to remove their hold. Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill [...].The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.” MenTryingWellsRealityPainDesireSocialImaginationPleasureHealingDoorsDiseaseRootsPhilosophicalSlaveryEndureIllSicknessRemoveCalmnessDualityTransitoryPain And PleasureUnfulfilled Desires Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri
“To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.” DoorsPositionPhilosophicalInquiry Author:E. O. Wilson
“The problem with any philosophical consideration is that once you open a door in your mind, you can never close it. Once you learn something, you can never convince your mind that you didn't learn it. If you learn the world is round, you can never fit in with a world that thinks it's flat.” IfsThinkingWorldMindProblemDoorsFitPhilosophicalRoundsConsiderationConvinceFlatsWorld Is Round Author:Ted Dekker
“Karma is not something complicated or philosophical. Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind. Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practice of karma.” InspirationalTryingMindMeanBodyThreePracticeDoorsPureMouthsPhilosophicalComplicatedYour BodyKarma Author:Thubten Yeshe
“Put a chair against the door, and turn the lights down low Write a letter to yourself, no one will ever know” KnowsWritingLightTurnsDoorsLowsLettersPhilosophicalChairs Author:Jann Arden