“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”

“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”

“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”

“The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.”

“I am my world.”

“I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that thats a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fel...”

“He had never believed that spirituality had to be anemic or aesthetic.”

“Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect. But it's there for us, trying the best it can; that's what makes it so damn beautiful.”

“The goal of all principled people is to recognize truth. Simple or complex thoughts and feelings standing alone rarely express any universal truths. Thoughts and feelings combine to create profound...”

“We stand at a crossroads. Do we choose 'the will to power' or 'the will to humanity,' or perhaps a new configuration of both: the power of humanity?”

“One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America -- and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simpl...”

“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to dimini...”