Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.

Sometimes happiness consists of finding the right balance of misery.

No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.

Science isn't done by consensus. It's done by rigorous testing.

There's always hope... even when there isn't faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity.

Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu. "I think those are the pertinent virtues, yes," said Peter. "Then let's do it. That's us in spades.

Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they're gone.