"To have no time for philosophy is..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”

“I would inquire of reasonable persons whether this principle: Matter is naturally wholly incapable of thought, and this other: I think, therefore I am, are in fact the same in the mind ofDescartes, and in that of St. Augustine, who said the same thing twelve hundred years before.”

“When we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers the subject,--for his view of if is generally right on this side,--and admit to him that he is right so far. He will be satisfied with this acknowledgment, that he was not wrong in his judgment, but only inadvertent in not looking at the whole case.”

“Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.”

“The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.”

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”

“I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what are you learning? Oh, you do this better than me. Than to be viewed as kind of like an authority.”

“There's something inside you that knows when you're in the center, that knows when you're on the beam or off the beam. And if you get off the beam to earn money, you've lost your life. And if you stay in the center and don't get any money, you still have your bliss.”

“Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.”