The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the future... We watch our experts read the entrails of statistical tables and graphs the way the ancients watched their soothsayers read the entrails of a chicken.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

The superficiality of many is a result of deep fears. It takes spare time to think things out; it takes free time to mature. People in a hurry may not think well or mature well. The next best is a state of perpetual puerility.