For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

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...

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

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

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

People always make war when they say they love peace.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of...

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of...

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,...

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

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 can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my...

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

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.

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...