God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.

Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.

Take away grievances from some people and you remove their reasons for living; most of us are nourished by hope, but a considerable minority get psychic nutrition from their resentments, and would waste away purposelessly without them.

The difference between faith and superstition is that the first uses reason to go as far as it can, and then makes the jump; the second shuns reason entirely — which is why superstition is not the ally, but the enemy, of true religion.

Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

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