I believe in the brief eternity of the rose.

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.

The birthplace of anarchy is the cemetery of freedom.

Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites, by keeping them both, and keeping them both furious.

Time itself is an element.

Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. It fogs our vision.

I have three wonderful children. My husband is an absolutely wonderful, perfect husband and a father, most of all.

If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating.

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary.

So why don't we make ourselves the last generation on earth? If we would all agree to have ourselves sterilized then no sacrifices would be required - we could party our way into extinction!