The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.

Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.

The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.