You cannot reshape human nature without mutilating human beings.

As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'

Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.

War? The one war I'd be happy to join is the war against officers.

Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.

We should restore the practice of dueling. It might improve manners around here.

There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools and leave our place of work and walk forth on the road to meet the enemy face-to-face. Once and for all and at last