Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However, anyone who has ever lived with an animal-be it a dog, a bird, or even a mouse-knows that this theory is a brazen lie, invented to justify cruelty.

In many ways, astrology, numerology and palmistry are corruptions of the occult because they have attempted to make a practice out of something that is essentially imaginative.

The ghetto was not only a place of refuge for a persecuted minority but a great experiment in peace, in self-discipline and in humanism. As such it still exists and refuses to give up in spite of all the brutality that surrounds it. I was brought up among those people.

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.

The more you see what other people do, the more you learn about yourself.

It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.