Economists get impatient with philosophy. They are often trained as skilled mathematicians. They don't like going back to ordinary language and first principles.

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or anger.

Philosophers should be, as Seneca put it, 'lawyers for humanity'. Make what you think and feel count; the examined life has global dimensions.

But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.

You can’t really change the heart without telling a story.

As human beings, we ought to be vulnerable. We shouldn't try to say that we can be self-sufficient or do everything that's necessary for a good life on our own, because we need other people.

Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end up middle-aged or even older and shocked to realize that your life seems empty.

Business leaders love the humanities because they know that to innovate you need more than rote knowledge. You need a trained imagination.

Choice matters. You might have the opportunity to eat a nutritious diet, though you might choose to eat a lousy diet. What matters is the opportunity.

mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy

We can't predict what's going to happen, but having love is worth the risk.

May the light illuminate your hearts and shine in your life every day of the year. May everlasting peace be yours and upon our Earth.

Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

He who runs from a challenge runs from an opportunity.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity.

A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.

I have no desire to go anywhere near drugs. People say, "Aren't you tempted?" No, because of the ridiculousness of it.

Beauty is really all about confidence. If you feel beautiful, then you are beautiful.