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

"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace."

"Death: To stop sinning suddenly."

"Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

"A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist."

"Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive."

"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God--but to create him."

"The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice."

"Victory has a thousand fathers; defeat is an orphan."

"The wages of sin are death, but the benefits include dental, major medical, two week paid vacation, pension fund, and stock options. Actually, taken as a package, it's a rather attractive deal."

"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, that is where the art resides!"

"The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept."