Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.

The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.

Drama is based on the Mistake.

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.

Great art is clear thinking about mixed feelings.

A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into a desire to express that awe in a rite of worship.