“You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all.”

“You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend.”

“Few things are more absurd than wise saws originally designed to inculcate or maintain the social needs of a society long past - when they are applied to today.”

“A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.”

“People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.”

“I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems.You ask me what to do about them.It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race.Face that one first.”

“From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.”