"It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning."

"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."

"It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more."

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."

"The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do."

"It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you."

"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."

"There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively."