The 'lords of the earth' are those who are doing their Will. It does not necessarily mean people with coronets and automobiles; there are plenty of such people who are the most sorrowful slaves in the world. The sole test of one's lordship is to know what one's true Will is, and to do it.

Religion itself becomes offensively monotonous. On every point of vantage are pagodas -- stupid stalagmites of stagnant piety.

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.

Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty.

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

The average man cannot believe that an artist may be as serious and highminded an observer of life as the professed man of science.