What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.

In this era of world wars, in this atomic age, values have changed. We have learned that we are guests of existence, travelers between two stations. We must discover security within ourselves.

No single man makes history. History cannot be seen just as one cannot see grass growing.

Art is interested in life at the moment when the ray of power is passing through it.