To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.

The job of the poet is to render the world-to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.