Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

The thinker makes a great mistake when he asks after cause and effect. They both together make up the indivisible phenomenon.

National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age.

If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.

What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.