The initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience. Nature provides a first draft, which experience then revises.

Some comedians really are funnier than others. Some people really are more beautiful than others. But these are true only because of the kinds of creatures we happen to be; the perceptual apparatus - apparati - that we happen to have.

Happiness can only be found within, by breaking attachments to external things and cultivating an attitude of acceptance.

Liberals and conservatives are opponents in the most literal sense, each using the myth of pure evil to demonize the other side and unite there own.

If you are in passionate love and want to celebrate your passion, read poetry. If your ardor has calmed and you want to understand your evolving relationship, read psychology. But if you have just ended a relationship and would like to believe you are better off without love, read philosophy.

Awe is the emotion of self-transcendence.

Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it's not clear to most voters what Democrats' core moral values are.