Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.

The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.

Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.

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

Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.

If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.