The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.

Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: youth equals popularity, popularity equals success, success equals happiness.

History is a record of exploded ideas.

In war the first principle is to disobey orders. Any fool can obey orders!

Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.

Rituals are the kindergarten of religion. They are absolutely necessary for the world as it is now

All bad behavior is really a request for love, attention, or validation.

Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

And indeed nothing had happened, a momentous nothing, just another of the great world's shrugs of indifference.

The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.