Imaginary diseases are the hardest to cure.

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 easiest way to remember your future wife’s birthday is to marry her on Super Bowl Sunday.

The past and future are what's complicated. It's the present that's simple.

I kept it to remind me that although there is evil, there is sometimes beauty and light. You, Jillian. You were always my light.

Rome is all things high and low. It is like God, it accommodates so much.

All the vices lead to fortune when they are joined with the vilest of all--avarice. This is the secret of life.

History knows no greater display of courage than that shown by the people of the Soviet Union.

In the world we make good as evil and evil as good.

How do I become still? By flowing with the stream.

The Internet is like closing time at a blue-collar bar in Boston. Everyone’s drunk and ugly and they’re going to pass out in a few minutes.

There's a difference between silence meaning agreement and being silenced.