All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything...

The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything...

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty...

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty...

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd,...

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd,...

People always make war when they say they love peace.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies...

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies...