135 Quotes About Subjectivity

The person with an itch can't understand why everyone isn't scratching.

Our nearness to our problems makes them seem way bigger than they are, while our farness from other people’s problems makes them seem way smaller than they are.

It is up to the individual to 'choose' their repertoire of the self. If they do not have access to the range of narratives and discourses for the production of the ethical self they may be held responsible for choosing badly, an irresponsible production of themselves

I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not.

Where in the motion of the stars is morality? Does a lion stop in its tracks to weigh the moral options? Are the seas full of frothing morality, of a turbulent whirlpool of moral dilemmas? Does a shark pause to consider moral issues when it is hunting down a wounded porpoise? Where in the Periodic Table is morality? Which is the Moral Element? What is its atomic number?

A man who wants the truth becomes a scientist; a man who wants to give free play to his subjectivity may become a writer; but what should a man do who wants something in between?

Tinkering, however 'scientifically', with our minds and bodies will never make the world a better place.

We cannot achieve immersion without bringing our subjectivity into play.

We sometimes reveal how ignorant or bored we were when we read a book by giving it 5-stars.