In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

You want to know whether I believe in ghosts? Of course I do not believe in them. If you had known as many of them as I have, you would not believe in them either.

Many a man spanks his children for things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?