Anatomy presupposes a corpse; psychology presupposes a world of corpses.

Water is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but there is also a third thing, that makes it water and nobody knows what that is.

Any inhibition must be wrong, since inevitably in the end it causes neurosis and insanity.

Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved. The warmth, the security and peace of soul, the utter comfort from the touch of the other, knits the sleep, so that it takes the body and soul completely in its healing.

Whatever men you take, keep the idea of man intact: let your soul wait whether your body does or not.

A snake came to my water trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pajamas for the heat, To drink there.

[During the Renaissance] the Italians said, "We are one in the Father: we will go back." The Northern races said, "We are one in Christ, we will go on.