I think that's what we really need in America, for people to hear each other. And I think philosophy could do a little bit better on that.

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or anger.

Philosophers should be, as Seneca put it, 'lawyers for humanity'. Make what you think and feel count; the examined life has global dimensions.

But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.

You can’t really change the heart without telling a story.

As human beings, we ought to be vulnerable. We shouldn't try to say that we can be self-sufficient or do everything that's necessary for a good life on our own, because we need other people.

Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end up middle-aged or even older and shocked to realize that your life seems empty.

Business leaders love the humanities because they know that to innovate you need more than rote knowledge. You need a trained imagination.

Choice matters. You might have the opportunity to eat a nutritious diet, though you might choose to eat a lousy diet. What matters is the opportunity.

Yer a wizard, Harry!

I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop

Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.

Children are not vessels to be filled but lamps to be lit.

C is declining somewhat in usage compared to C++, and maybe Java, but perhaps even more compared to higher-level scripting languages. It's still fairly strong for the basic system-type things.

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.

A prudent speculator never argues with the tape. Markets are never wrong, opinions often are.

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

The sun gives you ulcers, the wind gives you T.B. Once you were beautiful.

We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.