Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

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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.

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...

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

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....

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

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...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

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...

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...

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is...

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is...

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 novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

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...

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...

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,...

One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and...

One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and...