When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of charm.

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.

We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.

In my religion, there would be no exclusive doctrine; all would be love, poetry, and doubt.

The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.

Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivolous: each night in my dreams I pull the scab off a wound; each day, vacuous and habit-ridden, I help it re-form.