The typical American believes that no necessity of the soul is free and that there are precious few, if any, which cannot be bought.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.

Everyone dreams of greatness and expects it to happen in the future automatically.

Gratitude must come from a place of true sincerity to be effective. Without sincerity, the experience is incomplete.

Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the hearts of men.

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.

The intolerant "true believer" is a menace to any field, yet I suspect each one of us finds traces of that person in ourself.

The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.

Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace.

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character