The lion shall never lie down with the lamb. The lion eternally shall devour the lamb, the lamb eternally shall be devoured. Man knows the great consummation in the flesh, the sensual ecstasy, and that is eternal. Also the spiritual ecstasy of unanimity, that is eternal. But the two are separate and never to be confused.

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.

When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.

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

Man is a thought-adventurer.

Primarily I am a passionately religious man, and my novels must be written from the depth of my religious experience.

He reflected on the decay of mankind-the decline of the human race into folly and weakness and rottenness. 'Be a good animal, true to your animal instinct' was his motto.