An aphorism needn't be true, but it should sound true.

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.

He printed business cards celebrating his shift. They read, 'Ars gratia pecuniae.' Translated, it meant, 'Art for money's sake.

I used to think timing was everything. I have since learned that now is the time for everything.

One of the first lessons a warrior is taught is that denial of one's circumstances only results in failure to recognize real danger.

You can tell a lot about an area from its library, and I'd never discount the usefulness of town archives.

Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response.

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

For me cinema is not primarily entertainment. I don't watch fun blockbusters myself.

charm should be on the surface. It has no hidden use.

The point is, Mrs. MacDonagh, that the universe is exactly the size that your soul can encompass. Some people live in extremely small worlds, and some live in a world of infinite possibility.

I never get used to it, the unknowable mystery of a person so suddenly, totally closed, snapped shut like a half-read novel.