One should show one's scars, not hide them.

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.

Life must be live by faith rather than fear.

Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.

Tens of thousands of men and women with kids to raise, bills to pay, and dreams that won't die. This is your campaign.

When food becomes the enemy, every time we lose the fight we not only gain weight, but lose our self-esteem as well.

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.

It's always a thrill to walk through a Broadway stage door.

It is the shared bad faith by which individuals help each other sustain the illusion that they can shirk their spiritual destiny by joining the public.

I hope we have American-topias.

A crafty enemy will set a weak ambush you are meant to break through. Confident because you have dealt with the threat, your guard relaxed, you walk into the second, stronger ambush.

The unknown always passes for the marvellous.