A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own.

George, it's impossible to correct a defective reality-orientation overnight.

You don't speak of dreams as unreal. They exist. They leave a mark behind them.

He seemed not to know the uses of silence.

The doctor was not, he thought, really sure that anyone else existed, and wanted to prove they did by helping them.

Orr slept. He dreamed. There was no rub.

What relationships need strengthening in your life? Don’t wait for them to grow cold or bitter, but ask God to help you strengthen them by putting God’s love into action—begin today.

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

I wonder more and more just where I may have come out if I had never seen Harvard Square.

The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation.

The batsman's technique was like an old lady poking her umbrella at a wasp's nest.

Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more.

I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it." "It's very zingy," I agreed.

Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.

The foundation is an instrument forged by citizens who transfer profit from the commercial sector and put it directly to work as risk capital for the general betterment of the society.