Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.
All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.
No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.
Imagine how happy, how holy, life would be if we ever really learn to see beauty.
Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.
Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more likely to predict their likelihood of a heart attack than obesity, smoking or high blood pressure.