When people are facing real hardships in their lives, they have no time to invent imaginary ones.

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.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge and each marked off by some intense experience.

Our enemy is more aware than we are of the spiritual possibilities that depend upon obedience.

We're all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads. The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.

The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.

I'm surprised, but I'm glad, I realise that this is what i wanted that night last week, to simply make a connection and keep hold of it.

Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.

I was fine, until I was born. And it's been downhill ever since.