I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

The books and magazines streamed in. He could buy them all, they piled up around him and even while he read, the number of those still to be read disturbed him. … they stood in rows, weighing down his life like a possession which he did not succeed in subordinating to his personality.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

The accouterments of life were so rich and varied, so elaborated, that almost no place at all was left for life itself. Each and every accessory was so costly and beautiful that it had an existence above and beyond the purpose it was meant to serve – confusing the observer and absorbing attention.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle the Word?