No civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual stability.
It isn’t only art that’s incompatible with happiness; it’s also science. Science is dangerous; we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.
It is natural to believe in God when you’re alone – quite alone, in the night, thinking about death…
Isn’t there something in living dangerously?
If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.
I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.
I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.
I can’t understand a word you say. First it’s vacuum cleaners; then it’s knots. You’re driving me crazy.
Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson – paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too.
God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness. That’s why I have to keep these books locked up in the safe.
Every one belongs to every one else. [repeated line]
Ending is better than mending.[repeated line]
