“Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong.”

“A philosopher once said, "It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results." Well, they don't!”

“Science has so far been unable to tell us how self-aware dogs are, much less whether they have anything like our conscious thoughts. This is not surprising, since neither scientists nor philosophers can agree about what the consciousness of humans consists of, let alone that of animals.”

“Life, he says, doesn’t have to be so bad all the time. We don’t have to be anxious about everything. We can just be. We can get up, anticipate that the day will probably have a few good moments and a few bad ones, and then just deal with it. Take it all in and deal as best we can.”

“Anytime somebody is absolutely certain about something, they are almost always absolutely wrong”

“He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through”