Submission to poverty is the unpardonable sin against the body. Submission to unhappiness is the unpardonable sin against the spirit.

... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there have been unnecessary killings.

Unfortunately, all gatherings convened for the betterment of the human lot show a tendency to gas themselves, and not with laughing-gas either.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

All our Western thought is founded on this repulsive pretence that pain is the proper price of any good thing.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.