That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you do want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.

I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.

Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share.

Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

The human race has to be bad at psychology; if it were not, it would understand why it is bad at everything else.

The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.

How weightlesswords are when nothing will do.

What is written is merely the dregs of experience.

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?

Profitability is the sovereign criterion of the enterprise.

The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus.

You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it.

There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.

I love thee, and it is my love that speaks