If you want the truth rather than merely something to say, you will have a good deal less to say.

Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.

Once we have taken the backward step to an abstract view of our whole system of beliefs, evidence, and justification, and seen that it works only, despite its pretensions, by taking the world largely for granted, we are not in a position to contrast all these appearances with an alternative reality. We cannot shed our ordinary responses, and if we could it would leave us with no means of conceiving a reality of any kind.

I'm not sure I understand how responsibility for our choices makes sense if they are not determined.

If we tried to rely entirely on reason, and pressed it hard, our lives and beliefs would collapse - a form of madness that may actually occur if the inertial force of taking the world and life for granted is somehow lost. If we lose our grip on that, reason will not give it back to us.

If you want the truth rather than merely something to say, you will have a good deal less to say.

Each of our lives is a part of the lengthy process of the universe gradually waking up and becoming aware of itself.