Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

Hegel says that Truth is a great word and the thing is greater still. With Dave we never seemed to get past the word.

Being in love is an exhausting business.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.