tragedy in the theater opens our eyes so that we can discover and appreciate the heroic in reality.

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.

Hating someone is feeling irritation by their mere existence.

Human vitality is so exuberant that in the sorriest desert it still finds a pretext for glowing and trembling.

We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.

Living is nothing more or less than doing one thing instead of another.