Fiction: a game of pretend.

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.

Death is certain. Nobody can escape it. Then why fear death? Live till you die!

Share yourself with me. I will never judge you. I am here and I will stay here only to love you.

No matter how much youcare about someone, you can’t take responsibilityfor their happiness.

Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to the God that all the other religions pay homage to.

To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.

It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again.

When creative individuals are given a stage, they have the power to advance humanity

Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to work with people who don't care or who are acting out some neurotic, crazy thesis on the set.

Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations; second, quantities; third, logistics; fourth, the balance of power; and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.