A writer is in the broadest sense a spokesman of his community. Through him that community comes to know its heart. Without such knowledge, how long can it survive?

Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent?

The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.

Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day.

... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had made mistakes, but he could overlook these. He had been a fool, but that could be forgiven. The time wasted--must be relinquished. What else could one do about it? Things were too complex, but they might be reduced to simplicity again. Recovery was possible.