Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?'.

Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way people have voices and votes to push back.

A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by humans.

I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!

Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.

The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.

That never goes over big with your wife. I will be a very good husband for a change.

What did that mean? Where could it go? He was a death diety. I was a high school senior.

I don't pamper my voice. It's part of my body. If my body is rested and healthy, my voice is rested and healthy.

There's a huge difference between the more progressive and more regressive parts of America. That's just the way it is.