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

One has to trust that God knows how to manage the world.

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

Man is a disgusting thing. If you beat him he starts to scream, but if it is the other one who is beaten, then he constructs a theory.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan.

The soul never dies and the body is never really alive.