On two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed with them was immoral, outrageous, sinful, sacrilegious, offensive, intolerable, stupid, illogical, treasonable, actionable, against the public interest, ridiculous, and obscene. The two subjects were (of course) sex and religion.

Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.

The lessons of history teach us - if the lessons of history teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.

Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?

I don't see why human people make such a heavy trip out of sex. It isn't anything complex, it is simply the best thing in life, even better than food.