There can be no Creator, simply because his grief at the fate of his creation would be inconceivable and unendurable.

Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word I.

Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.