…falling in love is a state of mental misery which has a restricting, impoverishing, and paralyzing effect upon the development of our consciousness.

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man

The idea of beauty, like a slab of magnificent marble, has crushed all possible refinement and vitality from the psychology of love.

Since love is the most delicate and total act of a soul, it will reflect the state and nature of the soul. The characteristics of the person in love must be attributed to love itself.

Let others think what they like: for me, the culmination of life consists of a pure and subtly dramatic passion.

Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.

Why write, if this too easy activity of pushing a pen across paper is not given a certain bull-fighting risk and we do not approach dangerous, agile, and two-horned topics?

Let us tear down the romantic trappings that have adorned passion. Let us cease believing that the measure of a man’s love lies in how stupid he has become or is willing to be.

Marxian Socialism and Bolshevism are two historical phenomena which have hardly a single common denominator.

As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.

Schools are for training people how to listen to other people.

We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.

The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require much digging to disclose them.

If, in a democracy, the cognition of the majority is not much better than the cognition of the sheep, democracy will surely fail.

Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution. if you are in the right frame of mind to find it.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.

A lot of times the best trailers are for complete dogshit movies. It's a shame that people are beyond quick to judge things these days. Lots of great stuff gets lost that way.

I would never kill somebody, unless they pissed me off.