The only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.

I suspect that there is no serious scholar who doesn’t like to watch television. I’m just the only one who confesses.

Hypotyposis is the rhetorical effect by which words succeed in rendering a visual scene.

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.

It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.

Living the same sorrows three times was a suffering, but it was a suffering to relive even the same joys. The joy of life is born from feeling, whether it be joy or grief, always of short duration, and woe to those who know they will enjoy eternal bliss.

That day, I began to be incredulous. Or, rather, I regretted having been credulous. I regretted having allowed myself to be borne away by a passion of the mind. Such is credulity.