Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Lang's feeble imagination. Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane.…

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There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the...

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

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.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world....

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world....

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a...

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a...

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...

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

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...