England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.

The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.'

Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.

Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character.

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?

As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure and social education. One may even say that man is a fairly lazy animal. It is on this quality, in reality, that is founded to a considerable extent all human progress; because if man did not strive to expend his energy economically, did not seek to receive the largest possible quantity of products in return for a small quantity of energy, there would have been no technical development or social culture.