The mouse that fears the trap has already been trapped.

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.

Leaders don’t step on toes of dwarfs. They mount shoulders of giants.

My wedding will be a great party where I can get drunk and have a good time.

Golf is a puzzle without an answer.

To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.

I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens.

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

Luke', I said, and immediately added, 'My boyfriend.' My supernatural, doomed, gorgeous, killer boyfriend.

God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same.

I've always been interested in finding out more about the properties of acoustics.