I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get.

If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'.

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

God creates the animals, man creates himself.

The ordinary man is ruined by the flesh lusting against the spirit; the scholar by the spirit lusting too much against the flesh.