One senses, in all autobiography, a straining toward perfection, perfection of a kind that connects the individual with a cosmic pattern which, because it is perfect in itself, verifies that individuals own potential perfection.

Live in the past, but don't remember too much.

The only reason I wanted 'Making Toast' as the title is that it is a simple gesture of moving on. Every morning there's the bread and you make the toast and you start the day.

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind. I have seen it happen.

The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.

Time can be such a menace to a man. By this age do that; by that age do better.

Remote control. Ingenious contradiction of terms. Fits like a handshake. Aims like a gun.