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What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things.

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies.

There is no love that is not an echo.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.