One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.

Love-making is radical, while marriage is conservative.

You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone.

It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the market place and on the battlefield men who set their hearts on toys have often displayed unequal initiative and drive. And one must be ignorant of the creative process to look for a close correspondence between motive and achievement in the world of thought and imagination.

The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

He who has nothing and wants something is less frustrated than he who has something and wants more.