Love is the triumph of imagination over the intelligence
Quotes
Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences go, it's one of the best
I may have thought the road to a world of free and happy human beings shorter then it is proving to be, but I was not wrong in thinking that such a world is possible, and that it is worth while to live with a view to bringing it nearer. I have lived in pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: to care for what is noble, for what is beautiful, for what is gentle; to allow moments of insight to give wisdom to more mundane times. Social: to see in imagination the society that is to be created, where individuals grow freely, and where hate greed and envy die because there is nothing to nourish them. These things I believe, and the world, for all its horrors, has left me unshaken
Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on
Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence
I can resist everything except temptation
In love and dreams all things are possible
Nobody ever went broke overestimating the vulgarity of the American people
With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree
Work is the curse of the drinking class