If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.

Few men who have liberated themselves from the fear of God and the fear of death are yet able to liberate themselves from the fear of man.

By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also.

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.

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.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the sunlight.