Ludwig Wittgenstein

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.

Repeating third grade at a new school, after having been asked to leave my old one for hitting kids who made fun of my perceived stupidity, I was placed in the 'dummy class.'

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

You can be very wild and still be very wise.