There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!

A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.

Pharisaism, obtuseness and tyranny reign not only in the homes of merchants and in jails; I see it in science, in literature, and among youth. I consider any emblem or label a prejudice.... My holy of holies is the human body, health, intellect, talent, inspiration, love and the most absolute of freedoms, the freedom from force and falsity in whatever forms they might appear.

To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man.

Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer than it actually was?

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.