My greatest fear is losing control but I’m not in control I have an eternal soul but I’m afraid to die I’m scared of making mistakes

My wife is philosophically opposed to my habit of justifying things, say a bag of the really good kind… with the phrase: I deserve it

If the soul is eternal then self-overcoming more than becoming who you really… is becoming who you always were It’s like peeling away

Anticipation or dread work equally well at stopping time though the length of the work week

Science was happily letting the cat out of the bag until Schrodinger’s Cat was found in and out of the bag at the same time

All behavior is purposeful and all behavior is self-serving until you realize that all behavior is self-serving which is when you find out what ha…

If my wife could re-draft she says she’d still take me but only after trading back to the second round

Each of us gets to ask God one question and this question is your life

Whether it’s a brute fact Or a gift from God We are free Is this fair? It depends on

In the beginning There is a darkness in which All you can see are the others But then you have time To find God

The number one rule For doing a number on us Is taking a number Because when our number comes up It’s only ever because our days ar…

To take control Over human beings’ bodies You need only establish regulation Over the reward systems in their b… Because doing this for yourself

I brought a wife To a gun fight Don’t worry You haven’t met my wife

The original version’s working title was The Giveth and Taketh Away Tree but Silverstein couldn’t get it published

There is a place Where children are to be seen And not heard Where all the children are raised To keep up appearances