To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

Judge each day not by it's harvest, but by the seeds you plant.

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels.

Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

We're all in this alone.

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.