Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.
- Theodore Dreiser
Reason, Middle, Still, Guided
Nothing is proved, all is permitted.
- Theodore Dreiser
Nothing, Proved, Permitted
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
- Theodore Dreiser
Art, Soul, Honey, Stored
Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave.
- Theodore Dreiser
Soul, Old, Hooked, Frighten
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
Love, Blossom, Fragrant, I Believe
Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.
- Theodore Dreiser
Words, Vague, Volumes, Purposes
Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.
- Theodore Dreiser
Need, Brilliant, Pity, Fiercely
In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.
- Theodore Dreiser
Wisdom, Order, Must, Ignorance
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