Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power ….

The day was so delightful that I wished one could live slowly as one can play music slowly..

The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but it prevents the su….

The French use cooking as a means of self-expression, and this meal perfectly represented the personality of a cook who had spent the morning resting….

... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there hav….

In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often mea….

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience..

When those of our army whose voices are likely to coo tell us that the day of sex antagonism is over and that henceforth we only have to advance hand….

I've never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can?.

The case against religion is the responsibility of God for the sufferings of mankind, which makes it impossible to believe the good things said about….

Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival..

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample..

Existence in itself, taken at its least miraculous, is a miracle..

The happy marriage, which is the only proper nursery, is indissoluble. The unhappy marriage, which perpetually tells the child a bogey-man story abou….

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity..

Getting a divorce is nearly always as cheerful and useful an occupation as breaking valuable china..

If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work t….

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you..

All our Western thought is founded on this repulsive pretence that pain is the proper price of any good thing..

a good oyster cannot please the palate as acutely as a bad one can revolt it, and a good oyster cannot make him who eats it live for ever though a ba….

In these pages your imaginations, your desires, your passions are given life; Thoughts take shape that turn into dreams and our aspirations all start….