Quotes by : Neel Burton

Just as Prometheus delivered stolen fire to man, so Eve, and the serpent, delivered man into self-consciousness,....

One of the central tenets of the Western worldview is that one should always be engaged in some kind....

If two people with no symptoms in common can both receive the same diagnosis of schizophrenia, then what....

Now, it so happens that our culture—or lack of it, for our culture is in a state of flux and crisis—places....

Just as we use speech and gestures to communicate, so we use touch. Words can say, ‘I love you’,....

The marriage ceremony is sexist beyond parody. The bride appears in a fussy white dress that symbolizes....

According to the Buddha, the failure to recognize the illusion of the self is the source of all ignorance....

The problem with studying is that it gets in the way of education.

Solitude, the joy of being alone, stems from, as well as promotes, a state of maturity and inner richness.....

Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and....