Thinking is the soul speaking to itself.

Plato worried that philosophical writing would take the place of living conversations for which, in philosophy, there is no substitute.

The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good persons, their moral character intact.

If we don't understand our tools, then there is a danger we will become the tool of our tools. We think of ourselves as Google's customers, but really we're its products.

I have a Greek-American friend who named her daughter "Nike" and is often asked why she chose to name her offspring after a sneaker.

Plato dramatically puts the detachment of the philosopher from his time this way: to philosophize is to prepare to die.

What is it precisely, that they are doing when they are doing science. Are they refining their instruments for observation or discovering new aspects of reality?

This is the pedagogical paradox. The person and the teacher is required precisely because the knowledge itself is nontransferable from teacher to student.

Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.

How can those who possess all knowledge, which must include knowledge of life that is worth living, be interested in using knowledge only for the insignificant aim of making money?

The will to matter is at least as important as the will to believe.

Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

The first Polaroid ever took of someone in my family was my son when he was about four years old.

Freedom is that faculty that enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties.

O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?

Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.

With my music, with what I do, I would like to bring a light into the world.

I like my mug shot. I think I have a really great mug shot. It looks like a magazine shoot.

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that serves the subject.

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.