... books are too heterogeneous an interest to furnish a vital one in life, a reason for being alive.

Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose to do.

... books are too heterogeneous an interest to furnish a vital one in life, a reason for being alive.

when I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.

I am a Californian, and we have twice the individuality and originality of any people in the United States. We always get quite huffy when we are spoken of as merely Americans.

The very commonplaces of life are components of its eternal mystery.

stoicism is the fundamental characteristic of the French.