A breath, to keep one going, must be one's own.

One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit.

Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

The search for first causes is the ultimate wild goose chase.

When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

Logical positivism is philosophy from the neck up.

The questions philosophers ask are not so much meaningless as irrelevant.

No explanation is ever as good as not having one.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.

The bombs were coming-and so was I.

Never accept help from a dragon. Dragons do not offer help. They offer fate.

Be careful what you tell me. You could end up in my next novel.

Death is not a trip, but a destination.

The church the Bible described is exciting and adventurous and wrought with sacrifice. It cost believers everything, and they still came.

This is because secrets are terrible things. Even the simplest ones

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.'

The common factor of all religions is nonviolence.

I think we should want all of our cities to become more compassionate places, frankly.

When you die it's the end of your life.