The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.

The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.

Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

The less we read, the more harmful it is what we read.

I need to make myself strong on the inside instead of what is on the outside. I know all of this, but why can’t I put any of it into action? I guess that’s why I am in this place.

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.

We are all regular people, Pia, ’ she laughs. ‘But we are notregular wives.

There's a fire starting in my heart

This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

I reject the notion that human beings have a single intelligence, which can be drawn on for the full range of problem solving.

No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary.

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.

I was always a player.