There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?

No artist tolerates reality.

You know a moment is important when it is making your mind go numb with beauty.

There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

Our salvation lies not in knowing, but in creating!

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

What convinces is not necessarily true-it is merely convincing: a note for asses.

A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

If you want me to believe in your redeemer, you are going to have to look a lot more redeemed.

And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.

Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.

Only idiots fail to contradict themselves three times a day.