Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

If we are moved by a poem, it has meant something, perhaps something important, to us; if we are not moved, then it is, as poetry, meaningless.

If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.

With out some kind of god, man is not very intresting

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.