Quotes
A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.
A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.
"Come to the edge," He said. They said, "We are afraid." "Come to the edge," He said. They came. He pushed them... and they flew.
Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.
A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
The ''Green-eyed Monster'' causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
Man proposes, woman forecloses.
Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.