F. H. Bradley

Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.

The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.

The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I guess if life were fair, people who led decent lives would be rewarded, and people who led indecent lives would not be rewarded.

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.