Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence.

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.

I don't belong in this world, I am merely a traveller passing through, I repudiate to silence my thought, because they fear my light.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

Yeah, I've had an odd youth, But I wouldn't know the difference if I'd lived it any other way. And I wouldn't change any of it because I quite like what I'm doing.

I was wholly invested in my friendships. I might have tested them sometimes, but only to reassure myself that they were permanent. A mistake, of course.

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

And then his noise falls completely silent- And he stops struggling- And looking right into my eyes- He dies. My Todd dies.

Yield not thy neck To fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance. In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us.

Anyone can be happy when times are good; the richer experience is to be happy when times are not