There is very much in the world that is bad. But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory.

If age teaches you anything, then one of its lessons is certainly not to hurry if you're already late.

When there are strange things going on all around, every coincidence should be considered very carefully.

Great knowledge brings great sorrow.

Czech beer in bottles is the corpse of real beer in a glass coffin.

There are far more reasons for death than there are for life.

Indeed, being a beginner is very difficult right now. Book publishers are in a crisis, sales are dwindling, and publishing houses are losing money, doing their best to survive. It's a sign of the times, the emergence of new kinds of entertainment -- there's nothing we can do about it. I don't think books will perish for good. They could become less widespread, though, falling even further behind movies and computer games. But we shouldn't be afraid of this, because books will always remain the entertainment of choice for intelligent people, of whom there are still many in this world.