Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

A real, true love that makes a human being believe in the power of destiny happens only once in a lifetime.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see. Thinks what ne'er was nor is nor e'er shall be.

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.

I won't say anything, but you should tell them. It's not weakness to admit you're not perfect.

Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

If there ever comes a time when the women of the world come together purely and simply for the benefit of mankind, it will be a force such as the world has never known.

To the quiet mind all things are possible.

I value people with a conscience. It's like a beeper from God.