Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

Imperfection is my ticket, perfection is my pursuit.

Sally's head plopped into the shallow water and rolled face up. For a while, the changing shades of pinks and oranges reflected across the surface of her dead eyes.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

They said my friends were just an unruly mob, and I should get a hair cut and get a new job.

There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.

Trouble teaches men how much there is in manhood.

Man finally knows that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the Universe, from which he emerged by accident.

Pride is self contending with God for preeminence.

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have