The achievement of happiness requires not the satisfaction of our needs but the examination and transformation of those needs.

I know how to give the meaning of a word but not how to give the intention of a word.

One impulse of photography, as immediate as its impulse to extend the visible, is to theatricalize its subjects. The photographer's command, Watch the birdie! is essentially a stage direction.

I don't run away from the idea of philosophy as seductive. I want the sentences to be prose but intense prose, to show that, like life, thinking is not linear.

Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.

I try to keep my voice in writing, and I think that's why I get so many complaints about how I write.

Philosophy is the education of grown-ups.

(Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.)

Have a robust mindset

Declaring our intentions for a safer and kinder world is the obvious first step toward attaining those goals.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

Those who have ears to hear, will hear

While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.

The two prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.

I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor.

Regardless of your metabolism, if you stop consuming so many calories, you will lose weight.

James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of continuous work.

I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.