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

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

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.

This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back. That I must have the courage to let them come and go. That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women. There is my creed.

Human love, human trust, are always perilous, because they break down. The greater the love, the greater the trust, and the greater the peril, the greater the disaster. Because to place absolute trust on another human being is in itself a disaster, both ways, since each human being is a ship that must sail its own course, even if it go in company with another ship.... And yet, love is the greatest thing between human beings.

Now the only decent way to get something done is to get it done by somebody who quite likes doing it.

Sleep is a hint of lovely oblivion.