When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.

How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?

Death always seems to be around me.

I spent quite a lot of time in front of the bathroom mirror. Nearby, there was a stack of books. My favorites were 'The Death of Manolete' and the cartoons of Charles Addams. I would pretend to be Morticia Addams. I was drawn to her. I used to pull my eyes back and see how I'd look with slanted eyelids.