Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.

It is more than likely that the brain itself is, in origin and development, only a sort of great clot of genital fluid held in suspense or reserved. This hypothesis would explain the enormous content of the brain as a maker or presenter of images.

The thought of what America would be like If the Classics had a wide circulation Troubles my sleep (Cantico del Sole)

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.

It would be about as easy for an American to become a Chinaman or a Hindoo as for him to acquire an Englishness or a Frenchness or a European-ness that is more than half skin deep.

The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why you're you and not somebody else. And who in the blazes are you anyhow? Ah, voilà une chose!

Literature is news that stays news.