“The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.”

“Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark”

“Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.”

“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

“Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent”

“I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”

“Men are not gentle and graceful beings solely oriented towards good. They are physical, coarse, contradictory, stretched between desires and temptations. In an unnatural wish to make them sinless a...”

“Lie down beside these watersThat bubble from the spring;Hear in the desert silenceThe desert sparrow sing;Draw from the shapeless momentSuch pattern as you can;And cleave henceforth to Beauty;Expec...”

“The motives of mankind are plainer than the motions they produce.”

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”

“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

“sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love”