Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.

To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.

I must achieve internal consistency.

All perception is a gamble.

I had to philosophize. Otherwise, I could not live in this world.

Natural objects, for example, must be experienced before any theorizing about them can occur.

We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible.

Experience by itself is not science.

The perception of duration itself presupposes a duration of perception.

All consciousness is consciousness of something

What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as it is given to pure reflection.

The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.”"Don't vote. It just encourages them....

Peace is not the absence of fear but the presence love and care.

Advice is a form of Nostalgia

The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also.

What I enjoy about my work is that it's all things that I wanted to see as an audience member so there's part of me that understands what an audience wants to see in that respect.

Of course, we should all be aware of what we're packing in our carry-on luggage - anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.

A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force.

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

I experienced racism in different settings: I was followed in stores, in cars. The way you experience racism depends on how you deal with it. My memories of Goodeve are good ones.

There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.