You need fire, conviction, to write. You can't write out of indifference.

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.

Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.

Love yourself first to be loving and beloved.

This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn't the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals your voice and keeps you silent.

Our values define who we're. Never met great persons who kept compromising their values. Let's go beyond lip service to defend our values...

How about a drop of something to cut the phlegm?Why don't you stay sober today?We didn't come to New York to stay sober.

Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.

I believe my speed begins when I round first base.

Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.

I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.