Calamity was ordained for man.

The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a moment in the sunlight, then dive back in a graceful arc. There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.

I feel very bad about getting things wrong.

Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.

Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

Love me, please, I love you; I can bear to be your friend. So ask of me anything ... I am not a tentative person. Whatever I do, I give up my whole self to it.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.