It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a demand, a gratuitous letter, so to speak, which has accumulated in me like the waters of a reservoir.

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Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It...

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It...

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of...

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not...

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not...

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our...

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our...

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...