Once an angry man dragged his father along the ground through his own orchard. 'Stop!' cried the groaning old man at last, 'Stop! I did not drag my father beyond this tree.

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.

If you knew it all it would not be creation but dictation.

Governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting.

A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.