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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.