We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Man is a luxury-loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.

People whose lives are barren and insecure seem to show a greater willingness to obey than people who are self-sufficient and self-confident. To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.

All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human society.

The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.