Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.

Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it.

Hat = wizard, wizard = hat. Everything else is frippery.

I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.

One of the recurring philosophical questions is: 'Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one to hear?' Which says something about the nature of philosophers , because there is always someone in a forest. It may only be a badger, wondering what that cracking noise was, or a squirrel a bit puzzled by all the scenery going upwards, but someone.

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot.