Life Is A Theatre Of Alarms And

As Social Beings We Live With Our Eyes Upon Our Reflection, But Have No Assurance Of The Tranquillity Of The Waters In Which We See It.

Our Individual Lives Cannot, Generally, Be Works Of Art Unless The Social Order Is Also.

The Passion Of Self-aggrandizement Is Persistent But Plastic; It Will Never Disappear From A Vigorous Mind, But May Become Morally Higher By Attaching Itself To A Larger Conception Of What Constitutes The Self.

To Desire To Be An Artist Is To Desire To Be A Complete Man In Respect To Some One Function, To Realize Yourself Utterly. A Man Is A Poor Thing Who Is Content Not To Be An Artist.

It Is Partly To Avoid Consciousness Of Greed That We Prefer To Associate With Those Who Are At Least As Greedy As We Ourselves. Those Who Consume Much Less Are A Reproach.