You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Very happy or unhappy, people disappear.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

I never was someone who was at ease with happiness.

Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?

Nothing feeds the center of being so much as creative work. The curtain of mechanization has come down between the mind and the hand.

The true beauty of a woman is her inherent ability to make better a man in every way.

Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. But you might want to kick your own a## if you're not trying to get better.

marriage is a great strain upon love.

There are no managers like there used to be managers.

Somewhere out there is a unique place for you to help others - a unique life role for you to fill that only you can fill.