Art is a picture of the spirit.

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.

For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering

I read to learn from the greats but I write to compete with them.

Any defensiveness is a sign of failure. You can't move forward if you are defensive.

Look.” He stepped closer, his voice lowered to a gruff murmur, and lifted her chin with his finger, forcing her to meet his gaze – which just made her want to stretch up and kiss him.

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

I've concluded that while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that a few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending.

I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice.

Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings

A multitude is strong while it holds together, but so soon as each of those who compose it begins ro think of his own private danger, it becomes weak and contemptible.

Those regulations that are adapted to the common race of men are the best.