The writer has to die to give birth to the intellectual in the service of the wretched of the earth.

Since your life evaporates quickly, it is wisdom to learn how to number your days. Not just to number your days but to make each passing day productive.

Folly is strong

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look,

That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it you can't understand it. And if you do no explanation is necessary.

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

There is no later. This is later.

Nelson Mandela is a leader Barack Obama should try to emulate... He could start by spending 27 years in prison.

Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the pygmies declared that Jove himself was a pygmy.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

Style is a celebratory expression of your life force. You must approach it with a sense of joie de vivre.