There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

Business is a combination of war and sport.