The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.

Sexual fidelity is more important in a homosexual relationship than in any other. In other relationships there are a variety of ties. But here, fidelity is the only bond.

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Let me see what I wrote so I know what I think

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.