It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.

There are six-million shots in the game of pool.

Love is not the stupidest thing a man does, but it cannot be blamed on gravity.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other.

Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be empty and devoid of meaning.

If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery.