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

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'

Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.

Many people feel "guilty" about things they shouldn't feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. Happiness is a direction, not a place.

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.