For moral reasons I am an atheist - for moral reasons. I am of the opinion that you would recognize a creator by his creation, and the world appears to me to be put together in such a painful way that I prefer to believe that it was not created by anyone than to think that somebody created this intentionally.

I don't resist progress, but I have a growing feeling that mankind uses it mostly for disgraceful purposes.

There is only one positive role of the Nobel prize--it creates some common way to understand a writer. I cannot say, that I like this situation, but that's the way it goes. The books are being born and then walk around the world, just as children do.

Plentitude, when too plentitudinous, was worst than destitution, for obviously what could one do, if there was nothing one could not?

The horse respects and obeys man because its large eyes magnify everything, so man appears much larger than the horse itself.

I do not like the way people use the more and more magnificent fruits of technology to their filthy deeds.

You believe by doubting and you doubt by believing; yet this state too is not the final one.