The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.

To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to save.

If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.

Whither should we aim if not towards God?

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned

But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.