A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

I've always wanted the happy ending, but now I'll just settle for the ending.

Most people in the Tea Party are nice, but that hasn't stopped liberals from hating them.

It is not a sacrifice, it's a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it

[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.

Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton.

I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring.

I didn't want him to become gray and multi-dimensional and complicated like everyone else. Was every Heathcliff a Linton in disguise?

Objectification is above all exteriorization, the alienation of spirit from itself.

If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen, and that the most important thing is to have a plain, white screen.

One can know worlds one has not experienced, choose a response to life that has never been offered, create an inwardness utterly strong and fruitful.