Philosophy-loving Grandparent Gifts

Virtue is its own reward. Vice works on commission.

Sometimes he just stood back and admired the breathtaking scenery of his life.

'He who laughs last probably doesn't get it.'

'Just ask yourself -- Are you better off now than you were two thousand years ago?'

"It's a long way to Enlightenment. You might need some cash."

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

Corporate departments as a metaphor for growing up.

"I don't know...sometimes I think I don't spend enough time with them. What kind of role model am I?"

"Is this what I want to be doing with my death?"

"Hello - I'm from the future..."

That feeling when you know the preacher is talking directly to you.

"I consider every member of our family to be like family."

"Any distinguishing 'PARSONAL' characteristics?"

"All a cat CAN do is strive for authenticity."

"Moulting"

Saguaro Cactus Regrets.

Conference on the Control of Time and Space. Left to Right: Isaac Newton, Aristotle, HG Wells, Ptolemy,Isaac Asimov, Albert Einstein, Galileo, Copernicus.

'Will I have to be a mum when I grow up?'

Scurile travels

'Isn't that wonderful? We both suffer from intellectual angst!'

"Yes, but you were the defender of the wrong faith."

“Just one question...how on earth do I get down?!?”

'Okay - who leaked?'

"I'm searching for a happy medium between sitting on a mountain top and eating cheese fries."

"Today's sermon will be followed immediately by a rebuttal from the opposition."

"I'm not really into organized religion, though I am very spiritual."

'The Meaning of Life? -- you don't have a bad ticker, do you?'

A Truism's Journey

'Have you been working out?'

'It's time you learned, son - in-laws and outlaws aren't necessarily opposites.'

Professor McWit, crushed by an avalanche of Philosophy 101 texts, proves again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

'I don't know who I am. I have a donor heart, a donor kidney, a donor liver,a donor cornea, a donor lung...'

"If Marcus Aurelius himself were standing here today, I'm sure he would agree this suit reflects perfectly your stoic sensibilities."

The sad case of the blind-men and the elephant.

"You're six years old and I'm your mother! - I'm SUPPOSED to impose my moral standards on you!"