The kind of relationship I had with my mother didn't make me gay. I had that kind of relationship with my mother because I was gay.

The end of education is character.

There is a small area of land in Asia Minor that is called Armenia$$$ but it is not so. It is not Armenia. It is a place. There are only Armenians$$$ and they inhabit the earth$$$ not Armenia$$$ since there is no Armenia. There is no America and there is no England$$$ and no France$$$ and no Italy. There is only the earth.

Genius is play$$$ and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite$$$ and many may achieve genius only through play.

I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race$$$ this small tribe of unimportant people$$$ whose wars have all been fought and lost$$$ whose structures have crumbled$$$ literature is unread$$$ music is unheard$$$ and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead$$$ destroy Armenia. See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh$$$ sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world$$$ see if they will not create a New Armenia.

You burn me.

You came and I was longing for you.<br>You cooled a heart that burned with desire.

Faith in the intellect...is the only faith yet sanctioned by its fruits.

It is more difficult by far to be independent of our own inner shackles than it is of the shackles that others might place upon us.

There is a wide world out there$$$ full of pain$$$ but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable.