All the progress we have made in philosophy ... is the result of that methodical skepticism which is the element of human freedom.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

My language is the sum total of myself.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

May you always find your intuitive voice and may the language of your intuition sing.

Like fear and fury. It is energy from another realm, threads from beneath the sur­face, an immortal place never meant to be disturbed. Raffaele trembles.Something is poisoning the world.

The common goal of leaders is to increase the value and productivity of people. Leaders inspire others to do better than they would have done when not inspired.

My life isn't perfect and it will never be I make mistakes, I learn from them and keep moving forward.

Clearly no working class movement ever came about that was able to do what Marx was hoping for.

The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it in the hands of men.

I don't like kicking the ball a lot.

The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

My art is representational by choice....if the art of painting is to survive, it must describe and express people, their lives and times. It must communicate.

I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.