Nobody ever wins a lawsuit but the lawyers.

The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were damned.... Our hymns were loaded with arrogance - self-congratulation on how cozy we were with the Almighty and what a high opinion he had of us, what hell everybody else would catch come Judgment Day.

Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.

A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?

To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.