“The philosopher seeks to hear within himself the echoes of the world of symphony and to re-project them in the form if concepts”

“And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and forget his griefs, or for pastime and amusement.”

“Philosophers say man forms himself in dialogue.”

“These words are not constructed of ink and paper. They are no formed of movement and sound. They are echoes of my soul. May they ripple outward and give strength to those who hear them.”

“The pain of humanity's most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance.”

“I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude - and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.”