Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not.

The more challenges life deals us, the more scars experiences give us, the higher we go, the better we get.

The Devil's boots don't creak.

As a very young poet, I had been brought up on that dogma that politics was bad for poetry.

I definitely have a sexual ego thing. But if I'm suggestive, it's in a nice way. Luckily, no one's ever been hurt...a few girls have passed out, that's all.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose.

And I'm as attached to my wife as anybody can be to another human being.

Thank you for making me nouveau riche.

I am such a political person.

Reported as Oscar Wilde's last words on his death bed... This wallpaper is killing me. One of us has to go.