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The conduct of an accountable being must be regulated by the operations of its own reason.
My dear Smollett ... disgraces his talent by writing those stupid romances called history.
My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting.
But my silence is real. If I hid it from you, you would find it again a little farther on.
I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.
If there was ever a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about.
I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.
But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
Dancing of the autumn leaves on the surface of a lake is a dream we see when we are awake!
I am against the florists and floristry! Let the flowers not be the toys of our pleasures!
If you have ever walked in Paris, you will see that Paris will ever walk in your memoires!
If you are a good student of life, wisdom becomes your rain, falling heavily on your mind!
Master of Life is the person who is best at keeping the brutal scars of life to a minimum!
Man lives in the house of nature. If he destroys the house, he shall be destroyed as well!
Be clever and do not build walls, because in the future they will bring only shame to you!
If you are talented, don't sit in the darkness, light a candle so that others can see you.
If you go to a desert, you will hear this mysterious voice: Be wise, protect your forests!
If your selfish goal will be useful to humanity, then let your selfish goal be triumphant!
It is impossible to carry everyone you know to your future! Most will remain in your past!
Just like the dead and deserted Moon, all things appear to be beautiful from far distance!
No flower is happy in a vase, because vase is nothing but an ornate coffin for the flower.
Talent is a firefly; even in a remote dark forest, sooner or later it is caught to an eye.
Thing big: Universe is a village, a small place! When you think big, all will get smaller!
To kill your enemy is not a victory; but to make your enemy your friend that is a victory!
To reach the future, man needs to be clever and more important than this he must be lucky!
Water jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way!
Wise man is a lake full with fishes; clever man is a fisherman who often visits this lake!
You missed the shadow of the hawk on the vole if you think how wonderfully free a vole is!
The problem is that many of our policymakers want to base sweeping laws on those feelings.
For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty.
In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.
Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?
When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?
Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.
Everyone gives the title of barbarism to everything that is not in use in his own country.
Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing.
I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.
The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.
The moment Kafka attracts more attenetion than Joseph K., Kafka's posthumous death begins.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Writing for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words.
Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.
I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.
It's very contrary to the notion of what America is to imagine that we can stop migration.
If brothers don't help each other in times of need, how do you think life will ever go on?
I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it.
The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.
Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature