Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. The adventure is a metaphysical one: it is a way of approaching life indirectly, of acquiring a total rather than a partial view of the universe. The writer lives between the upper and lower worlds: he takes the path in order eventually to become the path himself.

What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane activity represents progress and enlightenment?

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

I believe in saying the truth, coming out with it cold, shocking if necessary, not disguising it.

Even if one’s whole life were a mistake, there is always time to change.

Hitler is no worse, nay better, in my opinion, than the other lugs. He makes the German mistake of being tactless, that's all.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.