You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.