A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change.

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.

The remarkable thing is that it is the crowded life that is most easily remembered. A life full of turns, achievements, disappointments, surprises, and crises is a life full of landmarks. The empty life has even its few details blurred, and cannot be remembered with certainty.