The definition of a philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat, which isn’t really there. And the definition of a theologian is he’s somebody who finds it.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

An alcoholic is someone you don’t like, who drinks as much as you do.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Logic issues in tautologies, mathematics in identities, philosophy in definitions; all trivial, but all part of the vital work of clarifying and organising our thought.

Duty is what one expects from others.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides – only the heart truly binds.

Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.

The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to...

Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.

It is well known that geometry presupposes not only the concept of space but also the first fundamental notions for constructions in space as given in advance. It only gives nominal definitions for them, while...

I’m going to use them to track him down and thwart him.” “Thwart?” Sarissa asked.”Thwart.” I said. “To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person.””I’m pretty sure...

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.

Good self-esteem comes from positive self-imaging. Positive self-image make you to resist wrong definitions others give about you, guiding you to live life with enthusiasm and will!

One’s ‘thing’–(1) A point of personal interest; a hobby, sport, or avocation that succinctly defines a person. (2) A brief coupling of words used to evoke someone’s personality in a small-talk setting: Billy’s thing used...

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

Obviousism—I would give you a definition, but the definition would only be an example of the word.

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

contiguous, adj.I felt silly for even mentioning it, but once I did, I knew I had to explain. “When I was a kid, “I had this puzzle with all fifty states on it–you know, the...

I am always a different man; a reinterpretation of the man I was yesterday, and the day before, and all the days I have lived. The past is gone, was always gone; it does not...

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

It’s possible to find order in chaos, and it’s equally possible to find chaos underlying apparent order. Order and chaos are slippery concepts. They’re like a set of twins who like to swap clothing from...

Every one has experienced how learning an appropriate name for what was dim and vague cleared up and crystallized the whole matter. Some meaning seems distinct almost within reach, but is elusive; it refuses to...

Wit is educated insolence.

We do not believe in murder! We believe in convenience in our careers, in our cuisine, in our kills, and in our definitions.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Tears are words the heart can’t express

Once she exclaimed, “But I always thought that sorceresses were evil!””What do you mean ‘evil’?”Lynet has never considered the question. “You know,” she said, after a moment, “unfriendly to people.””People!” repeated Morgana derisively. “As if...