Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

(As human beings) We see everything everything in a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is on the other side. If we were to polish the glass clean, we'd see much more. But then we would no longer see ourselves.

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 is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time.

Although you may not stumble across a Martian in the garden, you might stumble across yourself. The day that happens, you'll probably also scream a little. And that'll be perfectly all right, because it's not every day you realize you're a living planet dweller on a little island in the universe.

Life is like a huge lottery in which only the winning tickets are visible.

The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.