I owe my last breath to death but not one breath more.

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.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

The upright are richer in deeds than the wealthy are in gold.

What a world it is, Cora thought, that makes a living prison into your only haven. Was she out of bondage or in its web: how to describe the status of a runaway?

The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.

Roy Keane's like a shark. He has those eyes. You don't know if he is going to buy you a drink or eat you.

Make the verses flow together. If a following verse has nothing to do with the previous, you may lose our listener/reader. You want a smooth flow to hear or read, and it's easier to memorize.

Any man can fart in a closed room and say that he commands the wind

I want to be happy because it is beneficial for me but also because I want to be a messenger of happiness to my friends and family.

I was going to strive at something that I loved to do. And I didn't care what the outcome was; I wanted it to be something successful, I wanted to move forward.