The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.

[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing is to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be.

Ones real life is often the life that one does not lead.

Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.

In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.