It is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

You get no thanks from your belly-it always forgets what you've just done for it and comes begging again the next day.

Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. Because that is not just a violation against "freedom of print," it is the closing down of the heart of the nation, a slashing to pieces of its memory.

Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.

... any country that is not careful can be seized.

I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.