To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all.

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. . . .

I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning.

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

Live and lie reclined/ On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.