Ancient boundaries are meaningless, except for political purposes; old divisions of clan and tribe are sentimental remnants of the pre-atomic age; neither creed nor color nor place of origin is relevant to the realities of modern power to utterly seek and destroy.

Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.

No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.

Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.

Between the semi-educated, who offer simplistic answers to complex questions, and the overeducated, who offer complicated answers to simple questions, it is a wonder that any questions get satisfactorily answered at all.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.