Artists must remain in a state of awe to remain artists.

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.

When it's possible for you to dream, it's not impossible to achieve.

In Fillory you felt the appropriate emotions when things happened. Happiness was a real, actual, achievable possibility. It came when you called. Or no, it never left you in the first place.

Revenge is possible only if you spare the enemy.

If you fear to know the cost, the value will definitely be lost. Focus your attentions on the product, not the price.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

You can go bang a ball against a wall all you want, but how do you become a better team player? By playing other team sports.

The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love.

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

I mainly buy books in my free time.