Top 11 Quotes by John Norman

Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live, they can not tell you ; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live for, if he knows , he will know he cannot tell you; if you would learn how to live ,

Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live, they can not tell you ; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live for, if he knows , he will know he cannot tell you; if you would learn how to live , do not ask the question; its answer is not in the question but in the answer, which is not in words; do not ask how to live, but, instead, proceed to do so.

John Norman

Wise, Men, Tree

John Norman (2011). “Marauders of Gor: Gor”, p.8, Hachette UK

Life is too short and too precious to waste it living out someone else’s values. We must find our own.

John Norman

Life Is Too Short, Waste, Values

The man who respects a woman does not know what else to do with her.

John Norman

Men, Doe, He Man

John Norman (2011). “Beasts of Gor: Gor”, p.147, Hachette UK

It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.

John Norman

Mastery, Excellent, Brilliant Ideas

A Gorean slave girl in the presence of a free man or woman always kneels, unless excused from doing so.

John Norman

Girl, Men, Slave

Perhaps it should only be added that the Gorean master, though often strict, is seldom cruel. The girl knows, if she pleases him, her lot will be an easy one.

John Norman

Girl, Easy, Should

John Norman (2011). “Outlaw of Gor: Gor”, p.27, Hachette UK

According to the Gorean way of looking at things a taste of the slave ring is thought to be occasionally beneficial to all women, even the exalted free woman.

John Norman

Way, Taste, Slave

It is generally my thesis then to insist on the importance of imagination in sex, to insist that the practice of sex, as performed among human beings, be accorded the same deliberate and playful application of fancy, imagination and intelligence as any other significant human activity.

John Norman

Sex, Practice, Imagination

"Imaginative Sex". Book by John Norman, 1974.

Slave girls on Gor address all free men as Master, though, of course only one such would be her true Master.

John Norman

Girl, Men, Would Be

The Gorean is suspicious of the stranger, particularly in the vicinity of his native walls. Indeed, in Gorean the same word is used for both stranger and enemy.

John Norman

Wall, Enemy, Stranger

John Norman (2011). “Outlaw of Gor: Gor”, p.25, Hachette UK