“Philosophy is a distancing, if not debilitating, activity.”

“In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.”

“Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.”

“Closeness isn't just an absence of distance, it means actively eliminating it.”

“Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I believe, the chief task of philosophy, and the task that makes philosophy a worthwhile activity.”

“We do not deceive ourselves that we are engaging in an activity that is anything but debilitating, dangerous, euphoric, kinesthetic, expensive, frivolously essential, economically useless and totally without redeeming social significance. One should not probe for deeper meanings.”