Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.

I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life.

Around every corner is another gift waiting to surprise us, and it will surprise us if we can achieve control over our natural tendencies to make comparisons [to things that are better rather than things that are worse], to take things for granted [rather than imagining how much worse things would be if they weren't there and so feeling grateful], and to feel entitled!

There is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting.

No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.

I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.

Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is always dishonest.