We let life down: it doesn't let us down.

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.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth, ” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living.

I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .

From my experience, the only thing you can do is take what's written on the page and try, through your own curiosity and investigation, to make it your own and honor what the original intent was.

I like Brando's acting ... and James Dean ... and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.

All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.

Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

We cannot afford to lose another decade. If we lose another decade, it becomes extremely costly to achieve climate stabilization.

The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.