The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less I value intelligence that wants to know and will that wants to do; and as the only element of salvation I recognize faith, which can wait patiently, without asking too many questions.

The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.

History is a blood-drenched enigma and the world an error.

To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

A writer writes for writers, a non-writer writes for his next-door neighbor or for the manager of the local bank branch, and he fears (often mistakenly) that they would not understand or, in any case, would not forgive his boldness.

With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China.

A great problem of the internet is how to filter information, how to discard what is not relevant or what is silly and to keep only the important information.