Who you are isn't tied solely to what you say, even though it may feel that way to you now.

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

—Diane Ackerman

Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

—Diane Ackerman

The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.

—Diane Ackerman

The best way to divulge a secret is to tell someone not to say anything about it.

—Diane Ackerman

Though we marry as adults, we don't marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we're creative.

—Diane Ackerman

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

—Cicero

This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

—Bertrand Russell

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

—Bertrand Russell

By all means marry: if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

—Socrates

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts lead us back to God.

—Francis Bacon