"The quest for philosophy's beginning is idle, for everywhere in all beginnings we find only the crude, the unformed, the empty, and the ugly. What matters in all things is the higher levels."

"Some men are born posthumously."

". . .the real world is much smaller than the imaginary."

"For others do I wait... for higher ones, stronger ones, more triumphant ones, merrier ones, for such as are built squarely in body and soul: laughing lions must come."

"A profession is the backbone of life."

"There are no facts, only interpretations."

"Mother is the dead heart of the family, spending father's earnings on consumer goods to enhance the environment in which he eats, sleeps, and watches television."

"Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself."

"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

"If there is a sin against life, it consist perhaps not so much in despairing of life as hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. Albert Camus"

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it."

"...free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight."