The bravest man among us is afraid of himself.

The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self denial that mars our lives.

We are punished for our refusals.
Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind, and poisons us.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Resist it and the soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.