What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

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.

The best stories are about a character who has a goal or noble quest and goes through hell to get it. Do you have a goal or quest like that in real life? Why not?

Nothing goes on forever. If it did, there wouldn't be anything else, would there?

It is not how many years we live but rather what we do with them.

Transcendent Oneness does not require self-examination, self-help, or self-work. It requires self-loss.

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

Feeling comes before reflection.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Women do not get raped because they weren’t careful enough. Women get raped because someone raped them.

I don't think I am beautiful. I can look good and I can look ugly.

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.