Jorge Luis Borges
Writer, Poet
"The central problem of novel-writing is causality."
Causality quotes
Causality
22 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Albert Einstein
Physicist
"I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation."
Plato
Philosopher
"It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty, and for no other reason. Do you accept this kind of causality?"
Albert Einstein
Physicist
"I believe that whatever we do or live for has its causality; it is good, however, that we cannot see through to it."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"Time, space, and causality are only metaphors of knowledge, with which we explain things to ourselves."
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"Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation."
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"But thought is one thing, the deed is another, and the image of the deed still another: the wheel of causality does not roll between them."
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"And what is 'art'? - a firestorm rushing through Time, arising from no visible source and conforming to no principles of logic or causality."
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"As long as the firmament of the You is spread over me, the tempests of causality cower at my heels, and whirl of doom congeals."
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