No man would set a word down on paper if he had the courage to live out what he believed in.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

The Englishman, be it noted, seldom resorts to violence; when he is sufficiently goaded he simply opens up, like the oyster, and devours his adversary.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

I demanded a realm in which I should be both master and slave at the same time: The world of art is the only such realm.

The moment one is on the side of life; peace and security drop out of consciousness. The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.