It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but not of the world.

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

There are five billion people living on this planet. But you fall in love with one particular person, and you won't swap her for any other.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

Hegel said that `truth` is subjective, thus rejecting the existence of any `truth` above or beyond human reason. All knowledge is human knowledge.

If we don't know where we are going, it can be helpful to know where we come from.

Perhaps the clock hands had become so tired of going in the same direction year after year that they had suddenly begun to go the opposite way instead.