The author in his work must be like God in the Universe present everywhere and visible nowhere.

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Do not read as children do to amuse yourself or like the ambitious for the purpose of instruction. No read in order to live.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Stupidity is something unshakable, nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it, it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius is above all force.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.

I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.