I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody ever died from pleasure.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
I kept talking. "Listen -- this is some kind of misunderstanding.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.