I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.

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My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it...

My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it...

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test...

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test...

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you...

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you...

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

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,...

The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than...

The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than...

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those...

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those...

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...

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

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...

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

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 Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.