You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at top speed

Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.

She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing, [writes Bokonon].

The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did.

Nothing is generous. New knowledge is a valuable commodity. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we are.

Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it’ll be her wings not her face that’ll make my mouth fall open. I’ve already seen the prettiest face that ever could be.

She turned to examine Dr. Breed, looking at him with helpless reproach. She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.

The brainless serenity of charwomen and janitors working late at night came over us. In a messy world we were at least making our little corner clean.

Stay hopeful.

To travel is to live. Breathe some life into your life and go outside!

For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.

Christ is God clothed with human nature.

Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym.

In a professional once engaged, the performance of the job comes first.

Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it.

At the heart of its strength is a weakness: a lone candle can hold it back. Love is more than a candle, love can ignite the stars.

If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules

Unchallenged, opinions became respected precedent then exceptionless concepts and sometimes even civil and academically accepted social law.