"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."

"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."

"Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds."

"Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out."

"Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar....He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides."

"The prostitute is the only honest woman left in America."

"The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence."

"I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human."