"Heaven and hell suppose two distinct
species of men, the good and the bad.
But the greatest part of mankind
float betwixt vice and virtue."
D. Hume

"The line between good and evil,
hope and despair,
does not divide the world
between 'us and them.'
It runs down the middle of every one of us."
R. Fulghum

"If you live your life as
others expect you to,
don't be surprised
if you die of boredom."
M. Alibrando

"...when did safety become your ambition?
Running from safety is the only way to
make your last word - Yes!"
Me short-quoting R. Bach

"...entertain 'new ways' of conceiving the world."
J. Marmysz

"We cannot understand
those things with which
we have no experience."
J. Marmysz

"Little choices,
little adventures
before big ones."
R. Bach

"The good life is one
inspired by love and
guided by knowledge."
B. Russell

"We call this place Earth,
but it's real name is Change."
R. Bach

"Philosophy begins in wonder, no doubt,
but it is nourished and preserved by the
distressing though that our answers
fall short of the complete truth."
J. Marmysz

"Beauty in things exists in the
mind which contemplates them."
D. Hume

"How should we, as incomplete and
ignorant beings, live in this world?"
J. Marmysz restating Socrates

"Hegel was right when he said that
we learn from history that
man can never learn anything from history.
G. B. Shaw

"Genuine tragedies in the world are not
conflicts between right and wrong.
They are conflicts between two rights."
G.Hegel

"...lovingly accept a world that infrequently lives up to my expectations.
Me short-quoting C. Lorre

"All philosophers possess the desire to know."

"What else is required by philosophy?"
J. Marmysz

"...nothing that partcipates in the world is yet fully actualized..."

"...all things in this world remain in perpetual transition."
Me short-quoting J. Marmysz

"Truth in philosophy means that
concept and external reality correspond."
G.Hegel

"Most people would
prefer to remain ignorant
of the truth and continue to
find comfort in their
familiar illusions."
J. Marmysz

"The idea of any number is unique,
there is no other idea like it in existence."
R. Bach

"What's scary about choice?"
R. Bach

"I would never die for my beliefs
because I might be wrong."
B. Russell

"Take care of the little things,
the big thing tend to
take care of themselves."
My Mother

"Do not distress over
what you do not control."
M. Alibrando

"The true spirit of philosophy
lies in questioning assumptions,
not in offering dogmatic answers."
J. Marmysz

"Life Is. We Are."
R. Bach

"Philosophy is more like
a quest and a process
than it is a static and final
 body of knowledge
about the world."
J. Marmysz

"How do we change?
Where does belief come from?"
Me short-quoting R. Bach

"How hard is it for people to
 understand each other
unless they all agree."
R. Bach

"I owe you information,
and an answer to your curiosity.
I do not owe you a conversion
to my way of thinking
which may all be lies."
R. Bach

"Do the meaning of the heart swim
in the streams of our conversations,
and do they matter when they're
glimpsed through deep water
and never caught?"
R. Bach

"The journey towards wisdom never ends."
M. Alibrando

"New Year's Day is every man's birthday."
C. Lamb

"To bring anything into your life,
imagine it's already there."
R. Bach