The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to…

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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way,...

I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way,...

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty...

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty...

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

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...

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as...

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as...

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...

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

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...

People always make war when they say they love peace.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...