Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality.

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.

In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.