“Nothing and no one in life should ever be taken for granted!”

“The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.”

“This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted.”

“A hat should be taken off when greeting a lady, and left off the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.”

“Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.”

“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”