A story has to break your heart or it's not worth telling.

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.

Relaxation is good, holidays are necessary, but there is nothing as rewarding and healthy as doing what you love and loving what you do. Our honest toil should inspire and satisfy us.

Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

I've been privileged to see the presidency up close. And I know the awesome responsibility of protecting America and the incredible opportunity of working to try to make life better for all of you.

I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lived it and I'm still here to talk about it and help someone else if I can.

I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was the right thing to do.

The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.

No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.