I have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young author happens to be his former self.

All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.

In my dreams is a country where the State is the Church and the Church the people: three in one and one in three. It is a commonwealth in which work is play and play is life: three in one and one in three. It is a temple in which the priest is the worshiper and the worshiper the worshipped: three in one and one in three. It is a godhead in which all life is human and all humanity divine: three in one and one in three.

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car.

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born again.

After studying the Hungarian language for years, I can confidently conclude that had Hungarian been my mother tongue, it would have been more precious. Simply because through this extraordinary, ancient and powerful language it is possible to precisely describe the tiniest differences and the most secretive tremors of emotions.