One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.

Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.

Don't appeal to mercy to God the Father up in the sky, little man, because he's not at home and never was at home, and couldn't care less. What you do with yourself, whether you are happy or unhappy- live or die- is strictly your business and the universe doesn't care. In fact you may be the universe and the only cause of all your troubles. But, at best, the most you can hope for is comradeship with comrades no more divine (or just as divine) as you are. So quit sniveling and face up to it- 'Thou art God!'

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution.