People don't think when they're enjoying themselves. Thinking is a sign of disturbance.

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.

To feel the joy too much:let us trust too much, let us love too much, let us hope too muchand let us belong too much.

I am indeed a king because I know how to rule myself.

We have so many Christians who want to change the world, but they don't want to change themselves.

There's a great book about that, "The Breaking Point" by Stephen Koch . It won't improve your opinion of [Ernest] Hemingway.

Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation

Anyone can get a degree or a certificate in something. Big deal. A piece of paper from a university somewhere doesn't define a person. It won't tell you who I am.

When a man says he wants to work, what he means is that he wants wages.

[Bill] Clinton remained in campaign mode the first years of his first term.

Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.