We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

There is need for some kind of make-believe in order to face death unflinchingly. To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.

In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.