Julian Baggini Quotes
Top 38 wise famous quotes and sayings by Julian Baggini
Julian Baggini Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Julian Baggini on Wise Famous Quotes.
If philosophy is to be a valuable part of life, we have to appreciate it for its own sake, and not just for what it's done for us lately.
I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.
No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.
Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue.
Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing.
Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.
Philosophy without criticism is like hunting deer without a shotgun, so, if you want people to like you, avoid robust philosophical debate.
Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.
The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.
You don't choose what you believe moment to moment, but choices you have made do shape what you come to believe.
'That which does not kill me makes me stronger' is not a law of the universe. What it can be, if we so choose, is a resolution.
Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world.
No one has ever understood anything better by assuming that there is no reason for why it is the way it is.
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in ethics.
Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.
Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.
If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable.
There are many things you shouldn't measure. Don't, for example, try to measure how much you love your wife!
It's not leftovers that are wasteful, but those who either don't know what to do with them or can't be bothered.
The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.
Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different.
The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place.
Instead of showing strangers kindness and giving them the benefit of the doubt, we increasingly show them only fear, and that is bad for us and them.