To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.

The moment is the sole reality.

Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character

What makes us afraid is our great freedom in the face of the emptiness that has still to be filled.

We must learn to talk with each other, and we mutually must understand and accept one another in our extraordinary differences.

There is no God, cry the masses more and more vociferously; and with the loss of God man loses his sense of values — is, as it were, massacred because he feels himself of no account.

Only in those moments when I exercise my freedom am I fully myself.

On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our scientific knowledge becomes.

A scientific approach means knowing what one knows and what one doesn't. Absolute or complete knowledge is unscientific.

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

I certainly do care for you Jeff Campbell less than you are always thinking and much more than you are ever knowing

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

Inspiration, it is well recognized, rarely comes unless an individual has immersed himself in the subject. He must have a rich background of knowledge and experience in it.

Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving.

People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

When I began making films, they were just movies: 'What's the new movie? What are you doing?' Now they're called 'adult dramas.'

Every step in every proud life is a run from safety to the dark, and the only thing to trust is what we think is true.

The package destroys not just the peace process but all the peace dynamics in society. This is a bid to crush opposition.