Chasms are deceived by rumors of their depth.

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.

Human beings cannot live without stories.

The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness could never be so easy.

I love Chicago. It is my new favorite city. It is the perfect place to do any kind of theater.

What inspires me may not inspire someone else.

You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.

A welfare state, properly conceived, can be an integral part of a conservative society.

To change the way you see things is already to change things themselves.

Senate races have tightened along with the presidential race. Watch to see how many Republican Senate candidates outperform Donald Trump - and how many hang on to their seats in states that he loses.

If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange.

...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all.