A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course!

All my enemies are self-appointed.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.