If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

What I want is to open up. I want to know what's inside me. I want everybody to open up. I'm like an imbecile with a can opener in his hand, wondering where to begin-- to open up the earth. I know that underneath the mess everything is marvelous. I'm sure of it.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment.

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.

The cradles of civilization are the putrid sinks of the world.

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