Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.

Whatever we worship, short of God, is sure to be our undoing.

There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.

Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.

In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.

There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.