We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.

When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

A tendency to fly too straight at a goal, instead of circling around it, often carries one too far.

All human beings are like travelers floating down the eternal river of time, embarking at a certain point and disembarking again at another point in order to make room for others waiting below the river to come aboard.