Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end. Essays

You would say... inexperienced as I am, and ready to start, as the proverb says, at my own shadow, I cannot afford to give up the sure ground of principle. ...and when you are further required to give an explanation of this principle, you would go on to assume a higher principle, and the best of the higher ones, until you found a resting place; but you would not refuse the principle and consequences in your reasoning like the Eristics—at least if you wanted to discover real existence. The Trials Of Socrates

To shrug it all off and wipe it clean--every annoyance and distraction--and reach utter stillness. Child's play. Book V

“Obesity is a double victory for consumerism. Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and then buy diet products - contributing to economic growth twice over.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind