For every traveller who has any taste of his own, the only useful guidebook will be the one which he himself has written.

Every idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice.

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

To those who think that liberty is a good thing, and that it may someday be possible for people to live in a society fit for free, fully human individuals, a thorough education in the nature of language, its uses and abuses, seems indispensable.

It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.

The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?