The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as…

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Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed...

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...