From the moment of birth we are immersed in action and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Falling has become far more terrifying to me than rising.

To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination.

Worry is half impatience and half ignorance.

Let’s make plans,” I ventured. And Sofia smiled and said, “No, let’s leave it to chance.

So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy.

Romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on Earth.

The better you are at communicating, negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.

My favorite sports movies, I like 'Remember the Titans' and 'Hoosiers' Jimmy Chitwood, from the corner.

You don't want 300 million Americans putting their money under the mattress.

So curses all Eve's daughters of what complexion soever.