Philosophy Quote by David Foster Wallace — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“It's always seemed a little preposterous that Hamlet, for all his paralyzing doubt about everything, never once doubts the reality of the ghost. Never questions his own madness might not in fact be unfeigned.”

“The integrity of my sleep has been forever compromised, sir.”

“There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says "Morning, boys. How's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes "What the hell is water?”

“What if the preacher or father’s saying ‘Someone here’s lost and hopeless’ was tantamount to those Sun-Times horoscopes that are specially designed to be so universally obvious that they always give their horoscope readers that special eerie feeling of particularity and insight, exploiting the psychological fact that most people are narcissistic and prone to the illusion that they and their problems are uniquely special and that if they’re feeling a certain way then surely they’re the only person who is feeling like that.”

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”

“What’s actually scary is not having limited senses, but having a limited consciousness.”

“If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong to it.”

“There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.”

“It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.”

“We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.”

“To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting.”