Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

Why? What's wrong with being emotional about this? why is that a negative thing? Why isn't the emotional decision the right decision?" asked the woman who wasn't crying.

Prioritizing hurt, a reminder that the clock was ticking, that some things would be left undone.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

It is possible to be dumb and be a college president.

But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job.

Heaven knows, it's not the way it could be.

The bonds of love are what connect us to the other side.

All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.

Phenomenology is dialectic in ear-mode - a massive and decentralized quest for roots, for ground.

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.

Above all things, respect yourself.

It's all a terrible tragedy. And yet, in it's details, it's great fun. And - apart from the tragedy - I've never felt happier or better in my life than in those days in Belgium.