"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."

"The modern world is so organized that if you are a decent human being, you are bound to be unhappy."

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."