To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap.
Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.
All beauty that surrounds us must one day perish.
It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.
I wrote Sophies World in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when Im working on a book.
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.