To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of God, to regard his hands as God's hand, his brain as God's brain, his purpose as God's purpose. He must regard God as a helpless Longing, which longed him into existence by its desperate need for an executive organ.

Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by inexperienced or mal-experienced dupes; our power wielded by cowards and weaklings; and our honour false in all its points. I am an enemy of the existing order for good reasons

We must all share in the evils of the world or move to another planet.

Though I can make my extravaganzas appear credible, I cannot make the truth appear so.

A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be.