Whenever it is possible a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

The affliction in the flesh of soul is temporal compare to the eternal glory of the spirit.

The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't come out and those outside don't want to get in.

Chaos is hard to create, even on the Internet. Here's an example. Go to Amazon.com. Buy a book without using SSL. Watch the total lack of chaos.

Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.

You shouldn't be allowed to profit from the illegal proceeds, right? So if you're going to sell narcotics and sell illegal drugs in America, you also cannot profit from that.

It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.

It's difficult to follow your dream. It's a tragedy not to.

Confronted with economic problems, politicians always blame the private sector first ... [even] blaming the problem on the solution.

Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.

Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?