Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.

Reality, no matter how utopian, seems to be something people need to frequently take a holiday from.

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, who have made up in their minds to be content with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.

Civilization means food and literature all round. Beefsteaks and fiction magazines for all. First-class proteins for the body, fourth-class love-stories for the spirit.

Why should human females become sterile in their forties, while female crocodiles continue to lay eggs into their third century?

All of us desire a better state of society. But society cannot become better before two great tasks are performed.Unless peace can be firmly established and the prevailing obsession with money and power profoundly modified, there is no hope of any desirable change being made.