Robert Adams
Robert Adams
American philosopher best known for his thoughts on metaphysics, religion, and morality.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 September 1937
CountryUnited States of America
animals best captivity convinced lives putting rest taking wild
I'm not convinced that taking these animals that were from the wild and putting them into captivity for the rest of their lives is in their best interest.
exercising follow healthy lower quit reducing risk start
If you really want to lower your risk for stroke, follow the mainstays, ... These will go a long way in reducing your risks: Quit smoking, lower your cholesterol, start exercising and keep a healthy diet.
hospital local stroke
That local hospital isn't a stroke center, but we have one here, and we have a telemedicine connection.
famous mean people
Being famous doesn't mean much. Sure, you get photos, money, and popularity. But when you come to what people really want, they just want you to look bad.
friendship point
There is no point in international friendship when the world doesn't care.
convince-us serious-person fire
Larry Schwarm's photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better. His pictures convince us that seemingly far away events are close by, relevant to any serious person's life.
mistake heart imagination
Always remember deep in your heart that all is well and everything is unfolding as it should. There are no mistakes anywhere, at any time. What appears to be wrong is simply your own false imagination. That's all.
realization way keeping-quiet
There is only one I actually. That I is Consciousness. When you follow the personal I to the source, it turns into the universal I, which is Consciousness. Begin to catch yourself. begin to realize your divine nature. You do this by keeping quiet. The fastest way to realization is to keep quiet.
jigsaw-puzzles effort pieces
The experience of life that you and I have is pretty much a jigsaw puzzle in the box: Day-to-day experiences of disconnected pieces that don't seem to justify the efforts we make each day.
taking-pictures hated glorious
I thought I was taking pictures of things that I hated. But there was something about these pictures. They were unexpectedly, disconcertingly glorious.
land grace matter
All land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty.
now-and-then
Are there grounds now and then for an unironic smile?
doe
History does not unfold: it piles up.
photographer tension
The photographer hopes, in brief, to discover a tension so exact that it is peace.