What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

The famous balance of nature is the most extraordinary of all cybernetic systems. Left to itself, it is always self-regulated.

In history as it comes to be written, there is usually some Spirit of the Age which historians can define, but the shape of things is seldom so clear to those who live them. To most thoughtful men it has generally seemed that theirs was an Age of Confusion.

Man is the only one in whom the instinct of life falters long enough to enable it to ask the question "Why?

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.

Nothing is too great or too good to be true. Do not believe that we can imagine things better than they are. In the long run, in the ultimate outlook, in the eye of the Creator, the possibilities of existence, the possibilities open to us, are beyond our imagination.