One never repents of having spoken too little but often of having spoken too much.

That good sense which nature affords us is preferable to most of the knowledge that we can acquire.

Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.

Giving does not only preceed receiving

A conscience can be a dangerous thing

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness.

Look not to legislatures and churches for your guidance, nor to any soulless incorporated bodies, but to inspirited or inspired ones.

Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive

Now death is with us in such abundance and hovers over us in so massive a form that we don't have time to invent a mythology, nor is our creativity directed toward same. Now it's to prevent death.

I wouldn't want to be anyone to usurp the authority of the WWE.

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.