Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

Be aware of people who are standing in your circle who don't smile when you win.

You cannot be accountable with the products of someone else's mind

Identify confident people whom you admire and respect and notice what they do differently to project such confidence. Learn by observing role models.

Between each inhale and exhale we die and are reborn.

Can one be a saint if God does not exist? That is the only concrete problem I know of today.

You will never know the exquisite pain of the guy who goes home alone. Cause without the bitter, baby, the sweet ain't as sweet.

Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there.

I have a wonderful relationship with my friends, family members, and co-workers. I am appreciated

Everyone’s default state is this pleasantry state. My goal in the show is to undercut that as quickly as possible. If you really do let it sit, it’s sometimes amazing what comes out of people.

The belief in a satanic kingdom exists today only where religious and theological traditions keep this believe alive.