Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness but enables us to move back from it a little.

Author: Mason Cooley

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Rereading we find a new book.

My thought has been shaped by books, my desires by pictures.

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.

He who would travel happily must travel light.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.