to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right.

The notion that one can liberate another soul from captivity is an illusion of the very young.

We defend ourselves by descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.