There is a very intimate connection between hypnotic phenomena and religion.

The relation of the individual person to the species he belongs to is the most intimate of all relations.

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.