“Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.”
John Ray
“Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is”
Voltaire
“I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.”
Woody Allen
“Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.”
Swami Sivananda
“Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.”
Immanuel Kant
“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”
Walt Whitman
“Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example?”
Dennis Prager