When one sleeps on the floor, one need not fear falling out of bed.

The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring mental emancipation. Without the wonderful element of doubt, the doorway through which truth passes would be tightly shut, impervious to the most strenuous poundings of a thousand Lucifers.

If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his wont.

Behold the crucifix; what does it symbolize? Pallid incompetence hanging on a tree.

Yeah, well, I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid, hopefully. And I think we're all a bit crazy if we do anything that's deviant. I've studied a great deal on deviance and aberrant behavior. Most of the interesting people I've ever met have been deviant in one form or another.

We are so inculcated with guilt that we think that weakness is a sin or that it is some crime against nature to be submissive.

I never met a person who loved everybody I didn't dislike.