Nobody could stand an eternity of Heaven.

I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles.

The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car.

A pornographic novelist is one who exploits the sexual instinct as a prostitute does. A legitimate sex novel elucidates it or brings out its poetry, tragedy, or comedy.