To the old, sorrow is sorrow; to the young, it is despair.
The most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
Art is a part of the rebellion against the realities of its unfulfilled desire.
I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.
Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don't give it to us in peace, we will take it by force.
What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine!
It is organized violence on the top which creates individual violence at the bottom
Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.
And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
Okay, you were probably taught there are five senses," he said. "We see, hear, touch, smell and taste. But how do we know those are the only five? What are the senses that we don't have? What are we failing to perceive?
Nature, as it grows again toward earth, is fashioned for the journey, dull and heavy.