People fashion their God after their own understanding. They make their God first and worship him afterwards.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, as in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.

Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them. The past, the present and the future are but one moment in the sight of God, in whose sight we should try to live. Time and space, succession and extension, are merely accidental conditions of thought. The imagination can transcend them.

I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering.

All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.

Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?