If there is no randomness in the universe, then what do we mean by chaos?

The universe is not in a steady state; there's an ongoing creative principle in nature, which is driving things onwards.

The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle, leaving only the details to be filled in.

The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels.

Basically, morphic fields are fields of habit, and they've been set up through habits of thought, through habits of activity, and through habits of speech. Most of our culture is habitual.

Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.

I went through the standard scientific atheist phase when I was about 14. I bought into that package deal of science equals atheism.

Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.

I think that creativity depends on having sufficient indeterminacy around for a new pattern to arise up within it.

There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.

Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.

God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.

I've lost things bigger than my music career.

Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.

Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.

If you’re going through a dark time... don’t ever give up. You can always make your way back to the other end of that circle and find your happiness again.

I just want to thank [my wife] for loving me where I was weak.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilitie s; it's choosing the ones you want.

Random Girl after a hookup: "Do you love me" Tucker: "I don't understand the question.

If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone.