Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction.

In our country they do not permit any information to be X-rayed through and through, nor any discussion to encompass all the facets of a subject. All this is invariably suppressed at the very beginning, so no ray of light should fall on the naked body of truth. And then all this is piled up in one formless heap covering many years, where it languishes for whole decades, until all interest and all means of sorting out the rusty blocks from all this trash are lost.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.

Human nature, if it changes at all, changes not much faster than the geological face of the earth.

Still, everybody wants to eat.

Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade, and is confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is, after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.