I never reach those far-off places. New trails tempt me at every turn.

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 only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.

Be the kind of person who is a joy to be around. Caring for and loving others brings out the best in you and keeps your heart open to the unspoken and deeply buried needs of others.

If you are completely surrounded by the enemies, this proves that you are damn stupid in matters of making friends and such a stupidity, such a miserable clumsiness is your biggest enemy!

The more prose I wrote, the more the pendulum swung back toward the middle, merging some poetic sensibilities with the more fundamental elements of creative prose.

When someone shows you a picture of their kids what they don't want to hear is Oh, yeah, I got pictures of your kid too.

A friend is someone with whom I can reveal many parts of me, even those I am meeting for the first time.

God doesn't participate in the things we can do ourselves

There is something truly restorative, finally comforting, in coming to the end of an illusion - a false hope.

Poets can't worry about popularity since loving life and humanity involves saying what some people don't want to hear.