We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

Civilization is a race between catastrophe and education.

Man, can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able to stop or accelerate his drfit along the Time-Dimension, or even turn about and travel the other way.

There is no remorse like the remorse of chess.

The cat which is a solitary beast is single-minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind.

The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry.

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

Nothing can change what happened.

It's giving girls names like that [Euphemia],' said Biggins, 'that nine times out of ten makes 'em go wrong. It unsettles 'em. If ever I was to have a girl, if ever I was to have a dozen girls, I'd call 'em all Jane.'

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.