The essence of the question is the opening up, and keeping open, of possibilities.

Being that can be understood is language.

Nothing exists except through language.

It is the tyranny of hidden prejudices that makes us deaf to what speaks to us in tradition.

I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old.

The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.

Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.

History does not belong to us; we belong to it.

All cities we have visited are precincts in this metropolis of the mind.

For both art and the historical sciences are ways of experiencing in which our own understanding of existence is immediately brought into play.

The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication.

The wonder in our life should always point the greater wonder of the Father.

Find Your Balance.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.

I adore the way he looks at me sometimes, as if love is a quantity he cannot measure scientifically, because it multiplies too quickly.

The secret of masonry is to keep a secret.

That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.

I ultimately decided that I couldn't beat it more than three times a day, (I) was just too drained and chapped. That's what Radiohead is about. You're just drained and chapped, down there.

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.