We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter

We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.

It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.

Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.

Somewhere between the Angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.

Practically all writers and artists are aware of their destiny and see themselves as actors in a fateful drama. With me, nothing is momentous: obscure youth, glorious old age, fateful coincidences - nothing really matters. I have written a number of good sentences. I have kept free of delusions. I know I am going to die soon.