My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only…

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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

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...

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.

One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

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...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

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

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

My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so...

My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

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...