The first kiss and the first glass of wine are the best.

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.

When I looked at a map in town, Rhode Island seemed lost up there in the corner. A state so small and crowded, there didn't seem to be room for a person at all.

You never suffer nearly as much as you imagine you suffer. You never suffer the illnesses you most dread nor the miseries that you fear.

Sometimes its odd to interact with someone to whom you purposed.

Insecurity's best cover is perfectionism. That's where it becomes an art form.

Yesterday, Saddam Hussein got 100 percent of the vote. Well, that's according to Saddam's campaign manager, Jeb Hussein.

Behind the veil of each night, there is a smilling dawn.

Having tried to give pattern to the chaos which lives within the pattern of your certainties, I must come out, I must emerge.

Affection is one of the most neglected words in the English language, that people throw the word love around like confetti when they mean affection.

Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them.

Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.