The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.
Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the 19th century.
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
Zeroth law: You must play the game First law: You can't win Second law: You can't break even Third law: You can't quit the game.
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
Civilization is hideously fragile. . . there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.
What we need to do is to humanize the scientist and simonize the humanist.
Cavil you may, but never criticise.
I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was right with the world. I think that's part of my job, to create these thousands of moments every night. And for the rest of their life, they can say, 'You guys looked at me,' or 'You sweated on me,' or 'I got your gum. '
Hatred is a very underestimated emotion.
The moment you carry out any of your dreams or your fantasies - travel around the world, climbing a high mountain, buying a new house, writing a novel, carrying out a sexual fantasy, traveling to an unknown country - the moment you carry out your dreams, it's always, by definition less perfect and rosy than it had been as a dream. This is the nature of dreams.