People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it.
It is easier to study the 'behavior' of rats than people, because rats are smaller and have fewer outside commitments. So modern psychology is mostly about rats
It is superfluous to be humble on one's own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one.
In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.
It is inconceivable that anything should be existing. It is not inconceivable that a lot of people should also be existing who are not interested in the fact that they exist. But it is certainly very odd.
People accept their limitations so as to prevent themselves from wanting anything they might get.
People having religions is an insult to the universe.
Young people wonder how the adult world can be so boring. The secret is that it is not boring to adults because they have learnt to enjoy simple things like covert malice at one another's expense.
When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share.