Vitality is a woman is a blind fury of creation.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that

In a living society every day is a day of judgment; and its recognition as such is not the end of all things but the beginning ofa real civilization.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

Without danger I cannot be great. That is how I pay for Abel's blood. Danger and fear follow my steps everywhere. Without them courage would have no sense. And it is courage, courage, courage that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

When a man of normal habits is ill, everyone hastens to assure him that he is going to recover. When a vegetarian is ill (which fortunately very seldom happens), everyone assures him that he is going to die, and that they told him so, and that it serves him right. They implore him to take at least a little gravy, so as to give himself a chance of lasting out the night