The law cannot forgive, for the law has not been wronged, only broken; only persons can be wronged. The law can pardon, but it can only pardon what it has the power to punish.

Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts.

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are good in themselves, although we may corrupt them. We are commanded to love our neighbor because our natural attitude toward the other is one of either indifference or hostility.

A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish.

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: "I refuse to be what I am."

The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.

Let all your thinks be thanks.