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.

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

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.

Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.

But what is significant is that if you don't want to like and accept somebody, one excuse is as good as another. The objective facts don't matter, and the reasons are never as ‘reasonable' as we like to think they are.

The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'