When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.

The Christmas story has such power and such appeal every year. There are other stories we get tired of. You think of your favorite movie you don't want to watch it 15 times.

My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.

Comfort comes into your house first as guest, then as a host, then finally as the master.

The goal of the World Federalists is peace through unity of government. We must support their vision of oneness in diversity, for it is the salvation of mankind.

However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.

If you know where your next meal is coming from, you are not poor.

It's not so much the question that offends me; it's that the people asking it don't seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question.

The important thing is to be in love with something.

They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above.