Philosophers should be, as Seneca put it, 'lawyers for humanity'. Make what you think and feel count; the examined life has global dimensions.

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or anger.

But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.

You can’t really change the heart without telling a story.

As human beings, we ought to be vulnerable. We shouldn't try to say that we can be self-sufficient or do everything that's necessary for a good life on our own, because we need other people.

Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end up middle-aged or even older and shocked to realize that your life seems empty.

Business leaders love the humanities because they know that to innovate you need more than rote knowledge. You need a trained imagination.

Choice matters. You might have the opportunity to eat a nutritious diet, though you might choose to eat a lousy diet. What matters is the opportunity.

A person in torment is not going to give you anything.

It is said that we do not make the guilty party suffer for the sake of suffering

Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody.

If you look at the world today, lies are mainstream. Truth is a fringe phenomenon.

He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief.

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours.

To not do what you can to protect someone, that's cowardly.

Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better.

As an actor you want to explore something you haven't done.

Willow, things feel more uncertain than ever now," He said finally. "But I love you. For as long as I live - if that's fifty years from now, or just next week - I'll love you.

Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby.