Stand still, close your eyes and listen; in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting to die... do everything you can even if today it is just one small thing. There are no excuses for inaction, despair, egotism, or petulance that matter to the animals.

Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world.

The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.

The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.

Love, for too many men in our time, consists of sleeping with a seductive woman, one who is properly endowed with the right distribution of curves and conveniences and one upon whom a permanent lien has been acquired through the institution of marriage.

To admit ignorance is to exhibit wisdom.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.