In winter, on the darkest nights, one rejoices even to see the tiniest sliver of a moon.

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.

They implicitly trust that their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are their own, and fail to recognize that they may be “channeling” someone else’s thoughts and feelings.

Don't be like those who constantly upgrade their gadgets but never their minds.

We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.

If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing. All you really care is that he comes in and performs.

To be psychic is to see without the senses and to keep the thoughts and emotions of others out of your awareness.

I paint my own reality.

Ninety-nine point nine percent of the people that are gun owners are very responsible.

Now I've heard the phrase 'there's no such thing as an ugly baby' but that is an ugly baby!

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.

Evolution is your solution.