If you follow the rules, it's your own fault.

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.

Whatever happened to him?" Silk asked. "He went swimming in the Nedrane." "I didn't know that Thulls swam all that well." "They don't–particularly not with large rocks tied to their feet.

It appears to be a case of revenge run amok.

Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.

Education is how to help the person who's lost a job. Education is how to make sure we've got a workforce that's productive and competitive.

Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.

You decide every day who you will and will not be. Be bold in your decision but remember, choose wisely.

The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.

Science robs men of wisdom and usually converts them into phantom beings loaded up with facts.

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

It's numbers like these that both bubble-theorists and market cheerleaders can pounce on to make their points. Reality is more mundane.