We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.