Jules Evans > Quotes

“The angry person is acutely sensitive to all they are owed by the world, and blind to all they have received”
― Jules Evans, Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations

“For Aristotle, friendship in its highest form has a political or civic dimension. We love our friends not just because we like each other or are useful to each other, but because we share the same values and ideals for our society, and come together to advance those ideals.”
― Jules Evans, Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations

“Socrates insisted that there's a strong connection between your philosophy (how you interpret the world, what you think is important in life) and your mental and physical health. Different beliefs lead to different emotional states...”
― Jules Evans, Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations

“Maxims were like neural shortcuts, like icons on a desktop that instantly connect you to a body of information.”
― Jules Evans, Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations

“Men are disturbed not by things, but by their opinions about them.”
― Jules Evans, Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems

“This is the risk of psychedelics, and of spiritual experiences in general. Your critical fire-wall comes down, the contents of your subconscious and imagination flood in, and one cannot always discriminate between what is wise and what is nonsense, what is soul and what is ego, what is metaphor and what is literal truth.”
― Jules Evans, Holiday From The Self: An Accidental Ayahuasca Adventure

“Ram Dass wrote: ‘When you give up your specialness you are part of all things.’ Get over the trap of specialness. Try to practice acceptance and equanimity”
― Jules Evans, Holiday From The Self: An Accidental Ayahuasca Adventure

“Most people, [Socrates] suggested, sleepwalk through life, never asking themselves what they're doing or why they're doing it. They absorb the values and beliefs of their parents, or their culture, and accept them unquestioningly. But if they happen to absorb wrong beliefs, it will make them sick.”
― Jules Evans