Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

In all of nature, there is no sound more pleasing than that of a hungry animal at its feed. Unless you are the food.

The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic.

Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the two great oligarchies of our time.

The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.

Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.