Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is an inestimable prize. There are, then, these two preparations: one for life and the other for death. Therefore we value and are ashamed to value ourselves.

The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure.

A person either creates or destroys. There is no neutrality.

Also, he was smoking a cigar, and when a man is smoking a cigar, wearing a hat, he has an advantage; it is harder to find out how he feels.

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side.

The late philosopher Morris R. Cohen of CCNY was asked by a student in the metaphysics course, Professor Cohen, how do I know that I exist? The keen old prof replied, And who is asking?

There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.