The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

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Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also...

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also...

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means...

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means...

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared...

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared...

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an...

It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an...

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened...

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened...

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians,...

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians,...

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to...

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to...

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...