One lives one's life under constant tension, until it's time to go for good

I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart's content.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supranational organization would offer protection from that danger. Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me: "Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race?".

Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

O, Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom?