We think in youth that our bodies are identical to ourselves and have the same interests, but discover later in life that they are heartless companions who have been accidentally yoked with us, and who are as likely as not, in our extreme sickness or old age, to treat us with less mercy than we would have received at the hands of the worst bandits.

Neurotics, who cause less distress to themselves and their neighbours than those in the other category, are at war with their own natures. Their right hands are in conflict with their left. Psychotics, and it is those who commit purposeless crimes and prefer death to life, are at war with their environment. Right and left hands strike against the womb that carries them.

To make laws is a human instinct that arises as soon as food and shelter have been ensured, among all peoples, everywhere.

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.

Like all bad drivers, he [Henry Andrews] thought he was the best driver in the world...

The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but it prevents the survival of the aristocracy.

If the poor ever feel poor as the rich do, we will have a most bloody revolution.