We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless.

Proust again: One can only wish that a man with such powers of total recall had led a less tedious life, moved among somewhat livelier circles.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

In metaphysics, the notion that earth and all that's on it is a mental construct is the product of people who spend their lives inside rooms. It is an indoor philosophy.

You long for success? Start at the bottom; dig down.

What is truth? I don't know and I'm sorry I brought it up.

I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.