Taken as hypotheses, religious claims do very badly. Yet the striking fact is that this does not worry Christians.

Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.

One philosophically fascinating aspect of Catholicism is the very strange conception of reality it presents (the incarnation, the eucharist, judgement day etc.).

I do think that philosophy and science are very different intellectual enterprises, but that does not mean that when we get knowledge from philosophy it is a different kind of knowledge.

I have a general moral: great philosophers may be great, but that is not a reason to follow them. Don't be a follower. Work it out for yourself.

Wine is not discovered but made: it is an artifact that can be appraised that can be appraised aesthetically

Since I don't believe in externalism, I don't think it can explain consciousness!

I like to think of myself as a naturalist - insofar as that term is at all clear.

Unlike art which contains a message, wine conveys nothing, it has no intellectual or cognitive content

The wine itself has aesthetic value; but what it is for a wine to have aesthetic value cannot be understood without making reference to the experience to tasting it

Naturalism is a methodological rather than a metaphysical view. It's because I am a naturalist, actually, that I am sceptical about physicalism.

A book is not complete till it reaches a reader.

Discipline is one of the basic and primary requirements for success in life.

If you have difficulty sleeping or are not getting enough sleep or sleep of good quality, you need to learn the basics of sleep hygiene, make appropriate changes, and possibly consult a sleep expert.

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway

Seekers are offered clues all the time from the world of spirit. Ordinary people call these clues coincidences

It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted

I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in . . . but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

You'll never have a garden - a garden needs walls and you have no walls.