He (Intellectuals) claims that label to compensate for his own inadequacies. It's as old as that saying: tell me what you boast of and I'll tell you what you lack. Our daily bread. The incompetent always present themselves as experts, the cruel as pious, sinners as excessively devout, usurers as benefactors, the small-minded as patriots, the arrogant as humble, the vulgar as elegant and the feeble-minded as intellectual.

They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.

One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver.

In this world the only opinion that holds court is prejudice.

Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.