Powerful Quotes On Paranormal & Parapsychology

“We don't set out to prove or disprove the existence of ghosts, instead our work is all about trying to understand why people consistently report odd experiences.”

“Just because you haven't seen a ghost, does not mean a ghost has never seen you.”

“All houses wherein men have lived and died. Are haunted houses.”

“It is an indubitable fact that the manifestations which take place at séances depend more upon the nature, disposition, and state of mind of those present, than on the psychical development of any medium; and that where incredulity, and especially scoffing, is felt, the spirits will not, or cannot, manifest themselves or demonstrate.”

“I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural.”

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”

“Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.”

“It's become more and more respectable within mainstream academic careers for people to investigate this phenomenon because whether ghosts exist or not, the phenomenon of people believing in ghosts certainly exists, and that means something.”

“We use these things as stop gaps for things we can't explain. We don't believe them because of evidence, we believe them because of a lack of evidence.”

“The difference between being skeptical about something and being in denial is very subtle but very important. Someone who is skeptical is willing to test their own hypothesis, their own assumptions. They're actually looking for the truth, even if it turns out that they were wrong.”

“It use to be far more acceptable to talk about ghosts and hauntings. I think there is a reason why ghost beliefs has persisted for so long, either they definitely exist or we really need them as a society.”

“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”

“The persistent failures of controlled, double-blind experiments to support the claims of parapsychology suggest that what's going on is nonsense rather than sixth sense.”

“Energy isn't something in and by itself. Energy, like momentum or velocity is a property of something.”

“No matter how credible you think your paranormal team is, remember that the majority of the population just think you're wasting your time on ghost hunts. So drop the egos and just have fun.”

“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.”

“The popularity of the paranormal, oddly enough, might even be grounds for encouragement. I think that the appetite for mystery, the enthusiasm for that which we do not understand, is healthy and to be fostered. It is the same appetite which drives the best of true science, and it is an appetite which true science is best qualified to satisfy.”