27 Quotes by Abdolkarim Soroush

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims.

If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms.

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.

In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.

God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.

Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.