At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice, and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

The trouble with fiction... is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.