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“What yoga philosophy and all the great Buddhist teachings tells us is that solidity is a creation of the ordinary mind and that there never was anything permanent to begin with that we could hold on to. Life would be much easier and substantially less painful if we lived with the knowledge of impermanence as the only constant.”

Ifs Mind Philosophy Would Be Success Teaching Creation Easier Ordinary Yoga Constant Painful Buddhist Permanent Impermanence Solidity

Book:Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness

Source: Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness

“Nothing is easier than to simplify life and them make a philosophy about it. The trouble is that the resulting philosophy is true only of that simplified life.”

Life Philosophy Trouble Easier Simplify

Book:Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest

Source: Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest

“Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like. v One could wish no easier death than that of Socrates, calmly discussing philosophy with his friends; one could fear nothing worse than that of Jesus, dying in torment, among the insults, the mockery, the curses of the whole nation. In the midst of these terrible sufferings, Jesus prays for his cruel murderers. Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a philosopher, the life and death of Christ are those of a God.”

“Even philosophies who have denounced pseudosciences like psychoanalysis, have condoned pseudoscientific economic theories like neoclassical microeconomics. It is far safer and easier to criticize Freud and Jung than to criticize Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek, because the latter are backed by political movements whereas the former are not.”

Philosophy Political Economic Movement Theory Easier Former Latter Criticize Psychoanalysis Pseudoscience Milton Jung Political Movements Hayek Economic Theory Friedrich Hayek Microeconomics

Author:Mario Bunge

“It is easier taking the beaten path than making our way over bogs and precipices. The great difficulty in philosophy is to come to every question with a mind fresh and unshackled by former theories, though strengthened by exercise and information.”

Way Mind Philosophy Path Information Theory Easier Exercise Difficulty Former Beaten Precipice Bogs Beaten Path

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“It was while teaching philosophy that I saw how easily one can say ... what one wants to say. ... In fact, I became particularly aware if the dangers of speculation ... It's so much easier than digging out the facts. You sit in your office and build a system. But with my training in biology, I felt this kind of undertaking precarious.”

Ifs Want Kind Philosophy Facts Felt Saws Teaching Danger Easier Office Training Biology Speculation Digging Undertakings Precarious

Author:Jean Piaget