Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.

If I were called upon to identify briefly the principal trait of the entire 20th century... I would be unable to find anything more precise and pithy than to repeat once again: Men have forgotten God.

If you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you begin with: yourself or others?

But there are still people whose moral superiority defeats your own.

A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price.

The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.