Everyman, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths.

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. All that you despise, all that you loathe, all that you reject, all that you condemn and seek to convert by punishment springs from you.

Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but I see now that it was meant to destroy me. To-day I am proud to say that I am inhuman, that I belong not to men and governments, that I have nothing to do with creeds and principles. I have nothing to do with the creaking machinery of humanity - I belong to the earth!

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in.

As long as that spark of passion is missing there is no human significance in the performance.

What is an artist? He's a man who has antennae, who knows how to hook up to the currents which are in atmosphere, in the cosmos.

...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.