The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.

I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future.