Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.

We must get back into relation, vivid and nourishing relation to the cosmos and the universe. The way is through daily ritual, andis an affair of the individual and the household, a ritual of dawn and noon and sunset, the ritual of the kindling fire and pouring water, the ritual of the first breath, and the last.

I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection.

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort.

While we live, let us live.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and modesty are two utterly different things.