In the dark, words get lost.

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.

Inside, my spirit is sparkling like foam on the crest of a wave at high tide under a full moon.

I believe in fatalism, the positive one.

Make use of every friend— and every foe.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honours but in deserving them.

I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth.

Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.

Whatever fells your mind is what you are. So, feel loving and peaceful for no reason at all.

I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.