Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

Even when I was caught in the web, I didn't give up hope. And as you see, I was right.

God dwells wherever man lets Him in.

Doesn't matter what you do, or how you do it, your neighbors are gonna talk about you ANYWAY.

They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.

Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.

What is important is to see how we can best lead a meaningful everyday life, how we can bring about peace and harmony in our minds, how we can help contribute to society.

The result of the educative process is capacity for further education.

I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders

We integrate the good wherever we find it.

Paradise is for those who make paradise.