Being alive is having what I want, that is my joy, my happiness.

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.

Boulevards are like people: similar in their youth, they undergo gradual change according to what ferments in them.

If there’s one thing I have learned it’s that if you carry on as though nothing strange is happening, it usually stops being strange

Those who envy you inadvertently admit to being inferior to you.

Fine. If you insist.I'll try Just.One.Nibble. But--I won't enjoy it.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

On staring out at a gloomy day: First you must realize that it is the day that is gloomy, not you. If you want to be gloomy, too, that's all right, but it's not mandatory.

God looks not at your form, nor at your deeds, but at your Heart.

Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.

Private enterprise manages better all that to which it is equal. Anarchism declares that private enterprise, whether individual or cooperative, is equal to all the undertakings of society.