What we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part of oneself.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

In a society of thinking humanity, it should always be, humans first, and then Gods, Krishna or otherwise.

The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

Every life is precious, has value, a purpose, and is significant. Each life adds value to this world and to the lives of others. That value is immeasurable.

The only good cage is an empty cage.

By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.

I think if you don't have it [desire], you're not going to be pushed into anything. You've got to want to do something.

I think there are probably just as many adults who would miss the humor of my books, if not more, as there are children.

Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of years, were not handsome men.

Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.

Have the moral courage to stand firm in obeying God’s will, even if you have to stand alone.