A brutal, relentless self-analysis lies at the heart of all despair.

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.

To be free is not to live in no place and at no time but to live in one place as in the shadow of all places, and to live in one time as in the morning twilight of eternity.

If you hate something, the best way to beat it is to be better than anyone else in it.

My father couldn't warm my frozen hands.

I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error method to see if my child is allergic to an antibiotic or peanuts. I should just know.

I'm amazed every time I come back to Vancouver at how much it's changed. You go away for a month and there's three more skyscrapers.

In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services

Fear distorts the world. Fear sees demons where only shadows dwell.

I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.

There are two things you can be certain of: dying and getting the arse as a football coach.