Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.

The main effect of a real revolution is perhaps that it sweeps away those who do not know how to wish, and brings to the front men with insatiable appetites for action, power and all that the world has to offer.

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.

Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding, or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.

My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at noon after lunch. Towns are too distracting.