It Is Necessary, In This World, To

Men And Women Are Not Free To Love Decently Until They Have Analyzed Themselves Completely And Swept Away Every Mystery From Sex; And This Means The Acquisition Of A Profound Philosophical Theory Based On Wide Reading Of Anthropology And Enlightened Practice.

Practically, Science Is True; And Faith Is Foolish.

Roughly Speaking, Any Man With Energy And Enthusiasm Ought To Be Able To Bring At Least A Dozen Others Round To His Opinion In The Course Of A Year No Matter How Absurd That Opinion Might Be. We See Every Day In Politics, In Business, In Social Life, Large Masses Of People Brought To Embrace The Most Revolutionary Ideas, Sometimes Within A Few Days. It Is All A Question Of Getting Hold Of Them In The Right Way And Working On Their Weak Points.

Every Intentional Act Is A Magical Act.

But Neither Europe Nor Africa Can Show Any Such Desolation As America. The Proudest, Stubbornest, Bitterest Peasant Of Deserted Spain, The Most Primitive And Superstitious Arab Of The Remotest Oases, Are A Little More Than Kin And Never Less Than Kind At Their Worst; Whereas In The United States One Is Almost Always Conscious Of An Instinctive Lack Of Sympathy And Understanding With Even The Most Charming And Cultured People.