This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich…

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St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when...

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when...

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television...

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television...