Asking what the question is, and why the question is asked, is always asking a pertinent question.

Neither the good nor the true is self-realizing, so it is not generally a sufficient explanation of why people believe that X is true, or of why people do Y that Y is good.

The Kantian philosophy is no more than at best a half-secularized version of such a theocratic ethics, with "Reason" in the place of God. This does not amount to much more than a change of names.

The idea that all problems either have a solution or can be shown to be pseudo-problems is not one I share.

One way ... in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential.

I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

In that hurry to achieve, I've left little time for self-reflection. And I'm not sure I'm ready for it.

Kiss me again. Let me imagine for a moment that you belong to me. The memory will keep me company in my solitude.

In the long-term, security comes from an asset you create or acquire, not a position in someone else's asset.

Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism.

The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact

They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Massive shift from presentation to participation...people want to be part of to be part of the conversation

Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one directionally, without regret or reservation.