“If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstance.”
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.”
Theodore Dreiser
“I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.”
Theodore Dreiser
“I acknowledge the Furies. I believe in them. I have heard the disastrous beating of their wings.”
Theodore Dreiser
“Liberalism, in the case of the Jew, means internationalism. If you listen to Jews discuss Jews, you will find they are money-minded, very sharp in practice. The Jews lack the fine integrity which at l...”
Theodore Dreiser
“Among the forces which sweep and play throughout the universe, untutored man is but a wisp in the wind. Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guid...”
Theodore Dreiser