If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles.... They have to be caught. And only the people who've got them can pass on the contagion.

Pully, hauly, tug with a will; the gods wiggle waggle, but the sky stands still.

Man is an amphibian who lives simultaneously in two worlds-the given and the home-made, the world of matter, life and consciousness and the world of symbols.

Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning, truth and beauty can't.

Sunsets and death; death and therefore kisses, kisses and consequently birth and then death for yet another generation of sunset watchers.

Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better

I used to think I had no will to power. Now I perceive that I vented it on thoughts, rather than people. Conquering an unknown province of knowledge. Getting the better of a problem. Forcing ideas to associate or come apart. Bullying recalcitrant words to assume a certain pattern. All the fun of being a dictator without any risks and responsibilities.