Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion.
Philip WylieMaterial blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.
Philip WylieThe mealy look of men today is the result of momism and so is the pinched and baffled fury in the eyes of womankind.
Philip WylieIn Western society, and particularly in American society, imagination is stulified from infancy. The imaginative child is discouraged and upbraided. He is told that the process is mere dreaming, that it wastes time and leads nowhere. It is said to be "impractical." As the child grows and its imagination inevitably leads it to express unconventional ideas and to try new behavior, it is chided and even viciously punished for such signs of unorthodoxy.
Philip Wylie