It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an art. It has been more difficult to conceive it so than to act it so. For that is always how he has more or less…

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If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of...

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of...

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?

There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that...

There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that...

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.