Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved for specialists.

Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and living consciousness.

To know oneself means, among other things, to know oneself qua non-sage: that is, not as a sophos, but as a philo-sophos, someone on the way toward wisdom.

You can only control what you know, what you don’t know, will control YOU!

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

To me, making a tape is like writing a letter – there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The word "superstar" is an ilusion

Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation.

If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

I wrote the book [Today Matters] because I have a passion to help people personally grow. Really what it is, it's a personal growth book.