We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible.

To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.

I must achieve internal consistency.

All perception is a gamble.

I had to philosophize. Otherwise, I could not live in this world.

Natural objects, for example, must be experienced before any theorizing about them can occur.

Experience by itself is not science.

The perception of duration itself presupposes a duration of perception.

All consciousness is consciousness of something

What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as it is given to pure reflection.

Merely fact-minded sciences make merely fact-minded people.

...and then, in dreaming, / The clouds methought would open and show riches / Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked / I cried to dream again.

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship

When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

Be spacious. Open to listen and feel the other without prejudice.

We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation.

I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.

And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

The big problem is that people don't believe a revolution is possible, and it is not possible precisely because they do not believe it is possible.