The many faces of intimacy: the Victorians could experience it through correspondence, but not through cohabitation; contemporary men and women can experience it through fornication, but not through friendship.

Man cannot long survive without air, water, and sleep. Next in importance comes food. And close on its heels, solitude.

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

It taught me, at an early age, that being wrong can be dangerous, but being right, when society regards the majority’s falsehood as truth, could be fatal.

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing