Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities.

Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

sooner or later I do what I want to do.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work ... the cat will invariably get up on your desk and settle placidly under the desk lamp ... The cat will settle down and be serene, with a serenity that passes all understanding.

A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.