To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one read more

To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.

One good act of vengeance deserves another.

One good act of vengeance deserves another.

Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified read more

Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.

God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.

Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.