February... Now more than ever one must remind oneself that it is wasteful folly to wish that time would pass, or - as the puritanical old saying used to have it - to kill time until it kills you.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.

These days, you could stage a three-point orgy in the garden and nobody would bat an eye...

True wisdom reveals itself by loving everyone.

Wisdom frees men, even if they are in prison.

I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.

While the health benefits are many, yoga offers much more than just a way to exercise the body.

Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing.

Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex.

In the United States, and to a certain extent in Canada, there's very little interest in what happens outside their borders.

I have been a bit of a risk-taker all my life.

I knew I was going to be composing. It all makes sense in retrospect. But you don't know while you're in the process of improvising your life.