The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways. I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
Go to Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.
Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift – and the rational mind is a faithful servant. – We have created a society that honors the servant – and has forgotten the gift.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.