I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.

It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.

Tolerance is just a makeshift, suitable for an overcrowded and overheated planet. It carries on when love gives out, and love generally gives out as soon as we move away from our home and our friends.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce "boum.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.