"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." - Voltaire
"Don't take yourself too seriously. People who cannot laugh at themselves become laughable." - Julian Baggini, How to Think like a Philosopher: Twelve Key Principles for More Humane, Balanced, and Rational Thinking
"I reread a great deal, but have lost count only with Dickens, Tolstoy, and Tolkien." - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy