Convictions are prisons.

Nothing seems to me to be rarer today then genuine hypocrisy. I greatly suspect that this plant finds the mild atmosphere of our culture unendurable. Hypocrisy has its place in the ages of strong belief: in which even when one is compelled to exhibit a different belief one does not abandon the belief one already has.

One should only question gods where none but gods can reply.

Mistrust those in whom the urge to punish is strong.

One does well to put on gloves when reading the New Testament. The proximity of so much uncleanliness almost forces one to do this.

I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself.

Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die.