Now go away then, and leave me alone. I don't want any more of your meretricious persiflage.

The world is a raving idiot, and no man can kill it: though I’ll do my best. But you’re right. We must rescue ourselves as best we can.

Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

I never know when I sit down, just what I am going to write. I make no plan; it just comes, and I don't know where it comes from.

Whatever life may be, and whatever horror men have made of it, the world is a lovely place, a magic place, something to marvel over. The world is an amazing place.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.