To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It has happened to all of us; we are its victims, are we have no control over it.

We are arrant knaves all, believe none of us.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

There is a point in every philosophy at which the "conviction" of the philosopher appears on the scene; or, to put it in the words of an ancient mystery: adventavit asinus, / pulcher et fortissimus. (Translation: The ass arrives, beautiful and most brave.)

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.

There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.