Utterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction--that would not be anything to be deplored--but a weakness of conviction.

If education tries to make other persons out of us than we essentially are, deeper inside, it stultifies, and reproach matters.

There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.

Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible, then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres.

I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.