Now why should that man have fainted? But he did,and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!

When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.

Life is a verb, not a noun.

We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.

Love grows by service.

Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time.

A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it.

If a woman is really injured by her marriage, she should sue under the employer liability act. She should claim damages--not alimony.

I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store.

A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.

What can be proved by a photograph, can never be by a word.

Memory only becomes interesting through its struggle with forgetfulness.

Work is a surefire money-making scheme.

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.

Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

Everybody is so sure about everything these days. Just look at your horrible Facebook feed on the most recent tragedy that people are commenting on.

For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.