The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they…

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Mind Quotes

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...