To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality.

Life is always at some turning point.

It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, a symbol rather than reason by which men are moved.

The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure.

Sophistication demands honesty; it does not require ill temper.

The contemporary hero, the mythical pattern in the imitation of whom we would live, remains as yet undefined. We have no hero; what is more to the point, we suspect hero worship.

The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one.

Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.

The outlook for our country lies in the quality of its idleness.

God may still be in His Heaven, but there is more than sufficient evidence that all is not right with the world.

By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically abolished major differences in wealth.

Independent Thinking simply means making up your own mind.

The easiest way to be the prettiest girl at a party is to rig the guest list.

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

I had this alter ego where I would go to the theater with mom. I wasn't embarrassed by it; it was separate for me.

Curiosity is an asset mostly frittered away.

I would not be too surprised to see a flying horse; I would consider it as a gift of the evolution; but I would be very surprised if it had horseshoe sounds!

I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

Ministry to the poor is a crucial sign that we believe the gospel.

Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven.